I could kind of understand almost every character in this story, except for those two grey-haired brothers. They were rich, privileged people who had never experienced anything truly traumatizing, yet they were the most messed-up characters in the entire story. From rape to child abuse, killing innocent people while being fully aware of it, and even incest, how do you even justify that????
Max's father's actions were understandable because everything he did was to save his son. Mr. M's actions were also understandable, as he was brainwashed his entire life to the point of going so insane he even took out his own eye. Chris was perfect, and so was Nathan and his husband. Max was a morally grey character, but as Nathan said, if he had lived a different life, things could have turned out completely differently for him. He was groomed by the adults around him.
Now this one might be controversial but to me, Mr. M and Max are essentially the same person… the only difference is that one got help and was loved at some point in his life, while the other had no one and spent most of his life as a test subject for Harry’s experiments.
I could kind of understand almost every character in this story, except for those two grey-haired brothers. They were rich, privileged people who had never experienced anything truly traumatizing, yet they were the most messed-up characters in the entire story. From rape to child abuse, killing innocent people while being fully aware of it, and even incest, how do you even justify that????
Max's father's actions were understandable because everything he did was to save his son. Mr. M's actions were also understandable, as he was brainwashed his entire life to the point of going so insane he even took out his own eye. Chris was perfect, and so was Nathan and his husband. Max was a morally grey character, but as Nathan said, if he had lived a different life, things could have turned out completely differently for him. He was groomed by the adults around him.
Now this one might be controversial but to me, Mr. M and Max are essentially the same person… the only difference is that one got help and was loved at some point in his life, while the other had no one and spent most of his life as a test subject for Harry’s experiments.