Dunny's Guilt Analysis

The third mention of guilt does not have to do with Dunny. Near the end of the novel, Dunny has Boy and Paul, who is now Magnus, over to where he lives. They are admiring the hominess of where Dunny lives. They remark about an odd paperweight that Dunny owns. When Boy asks where he got it, Dunny seems surprised that Boy does not remember it. The rock on Dunny’s desk is the same one that Boy put in the snowball he threw, which hit Mary Dempster when they were kids. Boy seems to have forgotten about this incident, claiming that he does not remember doing it and has completely forgotten everything about his childhood as it will do him no good now. While Boy and Dunny are talking, Dunny asks if Boy remembers anything, he replies by saying “’No.