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which makes him “readable” or “acceptable” to the audience. Although
his ethnicity is somewhat concealed, he still serves as the neo-yellow
peril in the film and is sadistic and merciless, but lacks agency or
individuality.
During a pivotal scene after the events in Nigeria, Wolverine is
now a logger in Western Canada and is confronted by Stryker and Agent
Zero when Zero shoots a cigar that Logan is chomping on out of his
mouth. After which, Stryker orders Zero, “Baek to the car,” to which
Logan sarcastically quips “Attaboy” and makes a clicking noise with his
tongue that is typically utilized as a command for horses to “giddyup” or
commence moving. With this exchange. Wolverine mocks Zero’s
subservience to Stryker and degrades Zero by implying that he is a
mindless, Pavlovian servant who follows commands without question.
Later in the film, after escaping from the facility where he was
being experimented upon by Stryker, Wolverine seeks refuge in the bam
of a farm owned by an elderly couple who take him in and provide him
with food, shelter, and clothing. In the short amount of time they know
him, they befriend Wolverine and treat him as if he were their own son.
In fact, they give him some of their deceased son’s clothes to wear,
including a leather jacket which clearly has some sentimental value for
the couple. While in the bam the next morning, the kindly couple is
bmtally murdered by Agent Zero from long distance with a SVD
Dragunov sniper rifle. Killing a