Many people are talking about the fact that ML is a grown man and still getting beaten, but the reality is that certain behaviors that have been instilled since childhood cannot be dissociated so easily. For example, if a child was spanked throughout childhood, his or her brain has been conditioned to fear that authority figure. Even as he or she grows up, the aspect is already deeply embedded in his or her brain. Chalk it up to childhood trauma. He may have grown up, but the feeling of being punished by his father is the same as when he was young. At some point the cycle breaks, which I believe will be through his relationship with his parents. With MC, because the feeling of protection for this relationship will be greater than the childhood trauma, because it is something of his. Of his sense of self.
Many people are talking about the fact that ML is a grown man and still getting beaten, but the reality is that certain behaviors that have been instilled since childhood cannot be dissociated so easily. For example, if a child was spanked throughout childhood, his or her brain has been conditioned to fear that authority figure. Even as he or she grows up, the aspect is already deeply embedded in his or her brain. Chalk it up to childhood trauma. He may have grown up, but the feeling of being punished by his father is the same as when he was young. At some point the cycle breaks, which I believe will be through his relationship with his parents. With MC, because the feeling of protection for this relationship will be greater than the childhood trauma, because it is something of his. Of his sense of self.