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* Grenouille, the protagonist in ''[[Perfume|Perfume the Story of A Murderer]]'', has murdered twenty-five beautiful virgins to create the most glorious, irresistible perfume in the world. For his crimes he is ''supposed'' to have his ankles, knees, hips, wrists, elbows and shoulders shattered and then be hung up to die, but he escapes this fate: in the end, he pours the perfume over himself and is torn to pieces and devoured by an adoring mob. The author makes it clear just how hard it is to tear a living human being into pieces, too.
* In The Quest for Blank Claveringi, a short story by Patricia Highsmith, the protagonist is stranded on an island {{spoiler|populated by [[It Can Think|INTELLIGENT]] man-eating snails the size of buicks}}. Suffice it to say this does not end well.
* [[Asshole Victim| While well-deserved]], Injun Joe's death in ''[[Tom Sawyer]]'' was likely ''not'' pleasant when one thinks about it for a while. After Tom tells them he was hiding out in the cave - ''after'' being told they sealed up the entrance - they tear down the seal, only to find that Joe has starved after a futile attempt to break the seal, the area around it showing he was eating wax from discarded candles and hunting bats simply to delay the inevitable. Clearly he died terrified and alone, [[Irony| the very fate Tom and Becky had narrowly avoided.]]
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