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01-17-2008, 04:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | rationalities for murder (use in story not looking for excuses)
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I am planing on writing a story and i have decided that i do not want my character to be the "good guy" nor do i want him to be an "anti-hero" i want my story in the perspective of a murderer.
I want to find out what drives a real person, a stable person someone like you or me to feel they need to kill.
My story in a way will be about the rationalities of death so i will have those who kill because of greed or self defense but i want to know the reason one would think it suitable to take another's life in action not just in thought.
so can i get some help with finding the motives and rationals of a killer. |
01-17-2008, 04:49 AM
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01-17-2008, 05:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | lol yea that is one i guess but i am talking psycological trauma and things that can happen and circumstances that can occur that will draw someone to murder |
01-17-2008, 05:36 AM
| | ????????????? | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lexington KY | | You could go to the library and look for criminology/psychology books dealing with this. They'd be able to explain things in way more detail than we could in a forum like this.
Also check this out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_Evil Its about a guy who has come up with a classification system for murderers that differentiates them in levels of "evil" through their motivation/background/psychology.
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01-17-2008, 06:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | thanks i may use that scale quite a bit it is realy helpful |
01-17-2008, 06:51 AM
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01-17-2008, 06:53 AM
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01-17-2008, 07:44 AM
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01-17-2008, 07:49 AM
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01-17-2008, 07:52 AM
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01-17-2008, 09:45 AM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | Vengeance against violence committed against an innocent, especially if it's your own blood. |
01-17-2008, 09:57 AM
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01-17-2008, 09:58 AM
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01-17-2008, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar Vengeance against violence committed against an innocent, especially if it's your own blood. | I second this one. I was gonna say something like if a person raped your protagnist's wife. That might get a bit graphic though. |
01-17-2008, 10:04 AM
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01-17-2008, 10:17 AM
| | | | Have you read American Psycho? The guy kills just to try and feel some emotion but it just makes him colder and colder. It's my favourite 1st person murderer character by far. |
01-17-2008, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by *smb Have you read American Psycho? The guy kills just to try and feel some emotion but it just makes him colder and colder. It's my favourite 1st person murderer character by far. | that's interesting.
as far as literature goes, would it be feasible not to give a reason? it seems that a reason gives the reader a chance to judge (i.e., i agree/disagree/sympathize with the protagonist).
not giving a reason might make it seem more...egh...natural. and creepy, especially if the reader starts to understand/sympathize with cold-blooded killing.
i dunno, just thinking on-screen....
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01-17-2008, 11:19 AM
| | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by *smb Have you read American Psycho? The guy kills just to try and feel some emotion but it just makes him colder and colder. It's my favourite 1st person murderer character by far. | This book is awesome. It's funny how he starts to lose it at the end with the talking ATM machine and the park bench. Just a crazy book. I enjoyed it. His reviews of certain bands is really cool too. The stuff on Huey Lewis and the News. It made me go and listen to Huey Lewis and the News again. |
01-17-2008, 11:20 AM
| | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jomahu that's interesting.
as far as literature goes, would it be feasible not to give a reason? it seems that a reason gives the reader a chance to judge (i.e., i agree/disagree/sympathize with the protagonist).
not giving a reason might make it seem more...egh...natural. and creepy, especially if the reader starts to understand/sympathize with cold-blooded killing.
i dunno, just thinking on-screen.... | Why not. Camus. The Stranger. |
01-17-2008, 11:25 AM
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