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24. "There was something about Joe Starks...made the thing more tangible." (pg. 47)

Here, ther is again the idea that Jody has to be in control of everything. Now that he's mayor, he expects everyone to listen to him and do what he says. Because he is mayor, everyone does exactly what he expects. They are all too afraid of what he has the power to do to come against him.