The Minotaur is depicted as a creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man. It's easy to see why people are afraid to make eye contact with the Minotaur as his mere gaze is enough to kill. After escaping the labyrinth, the Minotaur, despite his frightening appearance, is not a violent creature. Both the Minotaur who was locked in the labyrinth and the Minotaur who escapes from the labyrinth share several similarities such as: the need for love and the inability to speak properly, however they also have a number of differences such as: perceiving the value of human life and functioning. The Minotaur locked in the labyrinth is a dirty creature intent on killing everyone in the labyrinth. All Athenians sent into the labyrinth had virtually little to no chance of making it out alive. The Athenians would have been killed by the Minotaur or would have decayed within the labyrinth because the labyrinth is a structure of interconnected passages through which it is difficult to navigate. Theseus is willing to trade places with one of the Athenian soldiers to kill the Minotaur (Garcia Sec.4). As the myth goes, Theseus killed the Minotaur, but what if Theseus had curled up and made a deal with the Minotaur? It is very likely that the Minotaur will fake his death and attempt to live a normal life outside the labyrinth. There may be the slightest possibility that a half-bull, half-man walks the face of the earth and adapts with his social ineptitude to mix with human society (Sherrill). The Minotaur is the son of a female human and a male bull. Despite his utter loathing and his need to devour men for sustenance, the Minotaur at his core is a solitary creature thirsting for love. He has trouble finding love both... middle of paper... in the skin that cuts the skin of an animal (O'Grady Par.1). The Minotaur in general is very handy with his hands because he can cook, sew, and repair cars better than the average human. One can generalize, the Minotaur must have acquired solid mechanical hands after tearing the poor Athenians to pieces (O'Grady Par.8). To put it briefly, the Minotaur was a violent creature, but he transformed into a gentle creature who longed to be included and longed for intimacy. The Minotaur still appears to be a socially inept creature and is simply tolerated by others around him. At the end of the novel, The Minotaur takes a cigarette break, the author leaves us with the impression that people are constantly changing and it is important for people to look at others from all points of view. One can always examine one's life to distinguish one's actions from childhood to the present.