This is seen through the fact that as soon as he is confronted with Thomas, a man who wants to be hanged, he sees it as an act of mockery and rejects him like Thomas being extremely unreasonable. For example, he tells Thomas that he has “a tongue too big for [his] brain” (p. 25). This obviously suggests that the mayor believes in being reasonable and also believes that Thomas has no idea what he is saying. On the other hand, Thomas seems more fanciful. In support of this, he asks to be hanged, which is extremely unpredictable and surprises many, especially Tyson. When the mayor refuses, Thomas confesses to having committed the crime of murder and continues to surprise the reader with his playful attitude when it comes to dying. For example, he keeps asking the mayor to be hanged after being repeatedly refused, almost as if he were a child begging for candy, but in this case the candy is being hanged.