Scene between old man and girl with dark glasses/movie

The purpose of that sentimental scene between the old man with  the eyepatch and the girl with dark glasses, is to show how true the old saying: "love is blind" is.  In this scene the old man and the girl with dark glasses confess their love for each other. True, before they were blind the girl with the dark glasses would never even consider being with someone like the old man with the eyepatch. But then being blind allowed both of them to see beyond physical appearance. Now they are able to see the other person for who they really are.

We started watching the movie version of the book yesterday in class, the two main characters are portrayed by actor's Mark Garofalo and Julianne Moore.  We got up to the part where the hoodlums from the third ward start to make trouble for everyone else in the ward.  So far I like the movie version. Although, I'm not sure if I agree with some of the choices the director made. Such as not developing the story more in terms of the characters. Not so much on a personal level, but showing how they arrive at certain points in the film. For example, the man who steals the car is stabbed in his leg by the girl with dark glasses after he tries to fondle her. She retaliates by kicking him in leg, she is wearing high heels and pierces the man's leg, causing a life threatening infection. All of a sudden the man is trying to find his way down the corridor that leads to the doors that lead outside. He is looking for some kind of aid from the soldiers outside but instead gets shot in the head.  I think the director should have spent a little more time on what caused the man that stole the car, such despair that he would want to venture outside on his own, knowing the soldiers had permission to shoot and kill.