Not just Saul, but every player on the Moose was suddenly hit with a lot of racism. For someone's fun and joyful game to get ruined by others is awful and unimaginable. I think the resentment and bitterness is probably a natural reaction many of us would have, but I wonder why they all acted the same except for Saul, even though Saul had already had to deal with so much trauma. Maybe it is because they haven't had much suffering in their lives yet, so they react strongly to any form of adversity? Maybe it is because they were all raised in the same, bad way and were not prepared to deal with stressful events? In a way, this novel, thus, also teaches us to teach our children to grow up to be able to deal with negativity and our own emotions. Also, Saul's reaction was passive, but because of his passivity, he was able to enjoy the game for much longer. When looking at it from that perspective, the players on the Moose also had a big part to play in the game getting ruined for them. If they hadn't reacted violently, maybe things would not have gone so awry for them. I do, however, acknowledge this is easier said than done, but I think this shows we all have a responsibility to play in our own suffering.