Mr. Harvey recounts his first rape offense, when he raped his classmate in high school. This was the first instance where Mr. Harvey learned about his true inner nature. “He had regretted it, this quiet, muffled rape of a school friend,” signifies that Mr. Harvey had once felt guilt when committing such crimes. This explores the theme of the comparison and contrast between love and lust. Harvey has an uncontrollable lust, and he forces his sexual desires upon his school friend as his first rape victim, “It was as if something outside him had resulted in the collision of their two bodies one afternoon.” His first rape may have been the cause of his future intentions. He feels regret to the extent when he “cuts himself with his penknife along