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half way through i started crying save me cas, save me I AM CRYING im literally so devastated because this is TRUE. hosea is a father through and through and... dutch is... dutch is himself. Or do hypocrites not have a self, i wonder.
The use of both Hosea and Dutch call Arthur their "boy" or "son" is something I've been thinking about a lot recently...
Hosea uses it as a reminder. Arthur is his boy through and through, and there never needs to be any questioning on that fact.
Dutch also uses it as a reminder, but for a different reason. He wants Arthur to remember that *he* was the one who plucked him off the streets and gave him a full belly and a place to call home. It's a reminder to Arthur of where his loyalties should lie.
Not saying that Dutch is entirely evil; in the earlier chapters I can see it being meaningful. But towards the end its clear, Arthur isn't his boy anymore. He is a tool that's starting to rust.