This might be the case due to the lack of beauty they possess. Bayous and swamps typically are dirty, and are filled with insects. Many people would find that as a low standard of beauty.
ᴘᴇʀᴘᴇᴛᴜᴀʟ ɪ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴍ ɴᴏᴛ sᴏ sᴜʀᴇ
The tone is dispassionate. Specific words would be cold, dead. The tone impacts my overall understanding by me getting to experience what it felt like somewhat to be a soldier suffering through all this horror.
D. because he is comparing them to hounds as a metaphor because they are hungry for money as would hounds be hungry for meat
