Welcome to your new life.
-- Mick (Initiation)

Importance: Here, Dan is welcomed into an Irish terrorist group seeking Irish independence. Dan has been taken in by the group in order to benefit its operations. Dan’s early refusal to kill an innocent dog is the final stand of his former life. He will be irrevocably changed when, years later, he helps to kill numerous innocent people in a hotel bombing. This is his new life. Saving the dog was the final act of his old life.

We would like to provisionally reserve 150 rooms.
-- Conservative Party (Part One, Chapter 1)

Importance: Here, Moose is beyond thrilled when the Conservative Party agrees to host its annual conference at Brighton’s Grand Hotel. Moose takes this as a sign of his capabilities, and as a chance to demonstrate his potential for General Manager. The Conference, apart from his daughter, becomes the focal point of Moose’s life through the course of the novel...