By being a germaphobe, he wants them to be physically cleansed and mentally cleansed of possible corruption. Clover believes that by making the girls shower, they will be pure, clean and perfect. Rose tells clueless Summer, how the routine is in the Cellar, “We have to make sure the house is clean and tidy at all times, and we have to shower twice a day” (Preston, 16). The girls that Clover keeps in his cellar are ordered to take a shower every night before bed, and every morning before breakfast. The shower in the cellar represents a few different meanings in this book. The knife and fear that he put on the girls makes him in power. The fear from the Knife is controlling the girls and scaring them so much they will not even attempt to escape or go against his rules.
This Knife gives the girls fear, and that is a big tactic of controlling them and keeping them disciplined. If they try to escape the cellar, clover will kill them. This Knife also takes away the girls freedom. Letting out a deep breath, I closed my eyes. Her body turned limp and her eyes rolled backward. As clover stabbed a one of the prostitutes, he thought to himself, “She screamed as I brought the knife down with such a force it cracked through her ribs. Clover has a pleasure of being in control.
He will hurt or kill them if they threaten him or try to escape, or if they go against his commands. He believes that he can keep the girls he kidnaps, in control with a weapon, a knife. The knife that clover carries in his t-shirt pocket all the time, symbolizes control.
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