Passage picker (the convicts) April 13, 2010

Passage #1: in the book it says: 'A guard came running. he bashed me with his cane, then bashed Medgley, too. I cowered from him ducking my head, and in the angle below his raised arm I saw the Overseer watching.' I found this passage interesting because in modern time era, people aren't allowed to beat anyone unless they try to kill someone.