The Quiet Man, Papagallo, Farmer and the Warrior Woman argued that they must continue to resist the "vermin on machines" and "defend the fuel," while others (mostly Big Rebecca, and Curmudgeon) gave pro-arguments to accept Humungus"" Ultimatum:The Quiet Man (David Slingsby): "We""ll never walk away! Never!"Big Rebecca (Moira Claux): "You heard what he said! lt sounds reasonable! We don""t have to die! All we have o do is walk away!"Warrior Woman: "No! We""ve worked too hard!"Big Rebecca: "lt""s simple! All we do is exchange the fuel and this junkyard for our lives!"Farmer: "Look, if we walk out there, they""ll slaughter us! They""ll set us loose and then cut us down like pigs!"Big Rebecca: (to the other colonists who resisted) "Don""t listen to them!"The Helmeted Curmudgeon (Syd Heylen): "All right, this is it! l""ll talk to this Humungus!.While avoiding a motorcycle policeman, he Tramp entered and exited an expensive parked vehicle in a traffic jam, right in front of the flower girl.The story is based on the book of the same name from Sally Benson""s memoirs of her life in St.Louis, Missouri from 1903-4 - they were recalled and written in multiple issues ofThe New Yorker Magazinefrom 1941-1942 (originally published under the itle "5135 Kensington" and eventually gathered together asThe Kensington Stories).Damn, you dumb!King: (chuckling) It don""t make no difference.She know what I mean.She don""t read too good no how!Two other black recruits, stocky Big Harold (Forest Whitaker) and Junior (Reggie Johnson), whined about their C-rations, pork and turkey loaf, and joked about Big Harold""s laziness.