Amy Chapter 2

The chapter ends just moments before the murder. Mxolisi's crowd has quickly noticed the car, and it is causing them to quickly reassemble. Mandisa leaves the chapter at a terrifying place, as we are given an image of their positions as if from above: "The car is small. The crowd totally eclipsing it is wild and thunderous, chanting and screaming, fists stabbing the air. Fist raised toward the blue, unsmiling heavens" (18). The car becomes a symbol of vulnerability in the crowd.