What was going through his mind?"
I am writting a book where a famous star's brother is abused by his father (and has been for a few years.) The sister finds out and is horrified. When she catches the dad in the act, she manages to videotape it, and go to the police later.
Now, I'm doing a scene in it with the man thinking of revenge... What was he thinking when he hurt the child? Anyone have any insight on this?
2006-11-01 14:37:28 · 6 answers · asked by I think... 6 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Maybe he was angry that his Father did the same thing to him. Kinda jealous that his son was having too good of a life, so he had to be punished like he was when he was younger. Or maybe he witnessed a violent act in his youth and got caught up in the moment. Liked it or something. It's sick but I hope it helped.
2006-11-01 15:18:01 · answer #1 · answered by looloo1122 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cool idea. If it isn't a passion crime, I would say, prior to the act he would vindicate himself for the cruel acts of life, he would likely attribute every deed he committed to the world, to evil fate or because he deserves something--narcisissm (Terry Goodkind does a great job of this--it's about the only thing he did well--in Naked Empire). If it is, describe, not so much thoughts--emotions (or his senses: such as tingling fingers, etc--I'm not a writer!)--in the heat of the crime (James Baldwin does a great job of this in Native Son, even though Bigger didn't purposefully kill the girl). Personally, I think this rationalization makes for a great character as well as easy to write; one who self-motivated, almost narcacistic. I'm not sure of your characterization--it could be totally unlike the character in mind.
2006-11-01 22:52:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How he was shamed and humiliated as a child when he was abused because abusers were also abused as children and are reliving the scenes of their childhood experience, only this time, they're dishing it out and are the ones with the power and control.
2006-11-01 23:10:26 · answer #3 · answered by soulguy85 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
...and then he wakes up. It was all a dream! He thinks that it is worthy of detailed exploration in his next psychoanalytic session. His analyst has said very little in years, and he now hopes, more than ever, that his analyst actually understands English.
2006-11-01 22:44:53 · answer #4 · answered by DrB 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the doctors office is that way >>> ask him about sick novels,does that answer you question?
2006-11-01 22:42:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
dark past?
2006-11-01 22:39:46 · answer #6 · answered by zimix2004 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋