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- The Basketball Diaries (39)
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- Ho cercato il tuo nome (1453)
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- Emma (6798)
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By Jane Austen -
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- We Need to Talk About Kevin (298)
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- Diary of a Madman and Other Stories (5)
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By Lu Xun -
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- Goodbye to All That (55)
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- Seven Pillars of Wisdom (77)
- A Triumph
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By T. E. Lawrence -
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- A Year in Provence (198)
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- Tess dei d'Urbervilles (1984)
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
If you've ever wondered about the life of a criminal, this story gives a description of a possible path filled with unhappiness. Eva, the mother of Kevin, waits a long time to have a baby. In fact, she is so happy with her husband, that she is not even sure she wants to be a parent, but in the end s ... (continue)
If you've ever wondered about the life of a criminal, this story gives a description of a possible path filled with unhappiness. Eva, the mother of Kevin, waits a long time to have a baby. In fact, she is so happy with her husband, that she is not even sure she wants to be a parent, but in the end she leans more towards parenthood. She lives to regret this decision. Her son, Kevin, is born unhappy. Eva becomes an apathetic mother in many situations even though she knows he does not behave normally, while her husband turns a blind eye to Kevin's problems. Both parents, in their own ways, love their son. In the end, though, they are not proactive enough to help him or those he hurts.
Some people will think that no one could ignore everything that Kevin's parents ignore, however, based on real-life crimes committed by young people, it's probably more realistic than we would like to believe. I think a life can be based on apathy in some families. We can look at the school shootings that have already taken place and imagine that this may have been the type of life that one or more of them led.
This was a disturbing, fictional look at how a life may have progressed towards a violent outcome. A very interesting read.