Gavin's doubts about his career path grow, but not enough to stop him from pursuing the ruthless course of action to recover the needed document.
Hitchcock likes to throw his characters in at the deep end; North by Northwest pushes innocent by-stander, Roger Thornhill, into the path of ruthless murderers.
The Palestinians faced "a ruthless Israeli army whose path to victory was paved not only by its exploits against the regular Arab armies, but also by the intimidation, and at times atrocities and massacres, it perpetrated against the civilian Arab community".
Whether these ideals were followed or not in the case of Norway can be debated; President François Hollande is, however, already on a different path, vowing a ruthless fight as response to the Paris attacks.
Maybe some were research scientists or university professors fired for not toeing party lines or for crossing paths with a ruthless plutocrat at the wrong place and time; maybe they were all rounded up from an insane asylum or an alcoholic detox center.
"This massive loss of life could have been avoided if the Syrian government had chosen to take a different path than one of ruthless suppression of what were initially peaceful and legitimate protests by unarmed civilians," Ms. Pillay said.
Appearance: Slimy, ruthless, voracious – it consumes everything in its path.
