In day 7 of Salvage the Bones Manny makes his infamous appearance in the girls bathroom. He basically waltzes into the bathroom, finds Esch, and takes advantage of her without really thinking about anything else. Of course Manny is an example of a rude and careless character yet he does show some similarities to Big Guy from "The Most Girl Part of You". These two characters are very different yet they share the same quality of carelessness. Manny shows his careless traits when he urges Esch to go along with his reckless ideas and coerces her into having sex with him often; taking advantage of her affection for him. Big Guy is very careless as well, but in a very different way. He shows no concern for himself as he runs around doing dangerous and cavalier things, such as cracking his teeth or getting hit by a bus. They both have little regard for what they are doing but the reason for this behavior is very opposite for them. Manny's actions are never fully explained as he just comes off as a ruthless and irresponsible person. However, Big guy has his reasons for doing these harmful things. He has experienced immense loss in his life, and the careless things he does are only to himself, not to others. The main difference is that Manny can hurt others without a care but not himself, while Big Guy does not want to hurt others, but has little problem hurting himself.
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