Wednesday 9 August 2017

What kind of man is Mr. Harvey in The Lovely Bones? How does he behave after Susie's murder?

By
anyone's standards Mr. Harvey is a throughly nasty piece of work. As a child-murderer and
pedophile he's not exactly someone who invites much in the way of sympathy. Though he
undoubtedly had a fairly traumatic childhood, that's no excuse for his going on to carry out
such appalling crimes. After killing Susie, he goes on committing senseless murders, including
that of a waitress in Connecticut. He clearly has a deep urge to kill, an urge which cannot be
assuaged by the occasional killing of a dog or a cat.

There's evidence to
suggest that Mr. Harvey's penchant for murder is actually destroying him from inside. He no
longer has any stability in his life which he can use as a facade for his numerous crimes. He
tries desperately to control the beast within, to fight his warped, sadistic urges, but he
always succumbs to them eventually. This would appear to suggest that this is not a man who will
ever change. So long as he's on the streets he represents a serious danger to women and
girls.

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