1923 Recap: Scream with the Devil
In a different phrasing, here’s how the passage could be rewritten: I found the unusual ending of “The Mountain Teeth of Monsters” appealing. Elsa, with her omniscient and undead perspective, affirms that we are hurtling towards a sixth mass extinction, one that humanity itself has caused. Aunt Cara shares this suspicion from her living room couch on a ranch outside Bozeman, Montana, in 1923. Following the departure of the men to confront Spencer, Cara and Elizabeth engage in their characteristic conversations – ones where Lizzie says something seemingly innocent, which triggers Cara to deliver lengthy speeches about moral decline for extended periods. Tonight, Elizabeth points out the peculiarity of armed guards stationed outside the front door. According to Cara, men are inherently greedy and will continue to kill, steal, and destroy each other until a new world is needed without men at all. This is the grim prediction.