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Is there a Freudian slip?
Scott Hayden Scott (last edited Dec 23, 2011 06:01PM ) Dec 23, 2011 06:01PM
Did Mark Haddon have an authorial Freudian slip on page 33? It seems out of character for an autistic child who has admitted that he can only picture what has really happened, and who has difficulty understanding what's going on in other people's heads, to conjecture, "I think people believe in heaven because they don't like the idea of dying, because they want to carry on living and they don't like the idea that other people will move into their house and put their things into the rubbish." (p. 33 of my edition)
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I dont think the quote is as much about the character's thoughts about people in heaven as much as his concerns about order and intrusion.
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Sherry Agreed. There are some things an author must insert to create a tone and setting for the characters.
Dec 24, 2011 12:03AM · flag
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Scott Hayden And I guess since he wrote it in first person, there was no better way to insert it than through the character himself - even if it does require a str ...more
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deleted member Dec 23, 2011 09:33PM   -1 votes
Right.
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