Summary Of Las Bombas

Theo and the count arrived in Kessel soaking wet, hungry, and fatigued. Given the circumstances, Las Bombas pretended to be a person of great accomplishments named Bloomsa, to rob Skeit the alderman. After realizing he was ironically robbed by the man he was trying to rob, he warned Theo, “Ah, my poor lad, there’s a lesson for you. Never trust a stranger. What a world, with so many thieves in it.” I think the count was implying by this statement that you should not trust anyone before you know their true character because there are many thieves who will put on a flawless public facade to get what they want from people. Granted, Las Bombas was also aware that he was not trustworthy; however, Theo trusted him regardless after understanding his good nature when
How dare he pass himself off as an alderman” (42). His immediate reaction accentuated the fact that already he knew many people are not righteous and felt foolish for trusting even someone of high ranking in the room with his coins. Thus, it would make sense for the count to make the implication to simply not rely on or trust a stranger since he recognizes that not everyone was an angel and many people in this world will stab you in the back. During the story, the count used his own trickery to manipulate people's perspectives and make them believe whatever he told them was true, even though it was not. Some of these personas he portrayed include Bloomsa, Dr.Absalom, the phrenological head, the Oracle princess, a man from Trebizonia, and many more. Later, when Carbbarus questioned the Oracle's spiritual abilities he said, "My dear sir, you must understand...these apparitions, spirit-raising and all such are, shall we say, mere illusions, theatrical entertainments." He had fooled everyone; he knew first-hand how deceitful men, including himself, can be. Las Bombas showed Theo that people can appear to be someone they’re not. Skeit appeared to be a good man with manners, but he was a