Another Small but Prominent Loose End
During the cafeteria fight scene at Wilkenson, after Nokes orders the boys to eat off the floor, the large African-American guard who relieves Nokes intervenes on the boys' behalf. The two guards exchange insults, and Nokes says something like "This ain't over." This seems to indicate that the good guard will play some larger role in the film, but he is never seen again. The makers of the film apparently wanted to make the point that SOME of the guards at Wilkenson were decent human beings, but there is little development there.
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