The Body of Christopher Creed Quote

In chapter 2 on the bottom of page 19, Torey was bored in church. While looking at a stained glass window inside the church, he noticed that Christ was wearing a loincloth while being crucified. Then he remembered that Christ was actually naked when he was crucified. It bothered him that they had changed what supposedly really did happen into something else because "the truth was too disgusting." It made him wonder if people did that all the time and he just never realized it.

"I wondered if it was a good thing to change a story because the truth is too disgusting." (ch. 2 pg. 19) This quote is very important to the story because we know that Torey will have to convince people that Christopher Creed is really still alive. What if he really does think that changing a story to make it less disgusting was a good thing? If people found out that he was changing stories because he couldn't handle the truth, no one would ever believe him. This also shows us that Torey thinks a lot about what other people might be doing or thinking.