"When you say Jonah seems broken, what do you mean?" Justine said. "I think he's broken and that people mistake it for shamelessness," I said. People really were very keen to imagine Jonah as shameless, as lacking in that quality, like he was something not quite human that had adopted human form. I suppose it's no surprise that we feel the need to dehumanize the people we hurt--before, during, or after the hurting occurs."