Narrative Research
Ideas
Could be rambling in his head with his own thoughts – breaking glass wakes him up, refocuses, plants him back in reality (possible prevention of murder, good tension builder)
possible interaction with a psychologist who underestimates his position
Just a possibility: rather than a boss, the final victim could be a disabled family member
(although thats taking the story listed far too literally)
Just a possibility: he could be knowledgable of his crimes and confess them to an althzeimers patient
“varies according to different witness acounts” – he could vaguely recall his last meetings with people but when remembering them near the end, it cuts back and shows him killing them all in a quick flash, then his conscious mental state becomes that of the subconscious
Notes in relation to narrative/character progression
Storys often/always follow the change and development of a character,
Main Char:
walked over and submissive – standing up for himself in an extreme and violent fashion – a similar outburst to that in Network (cite that as research)
Real cases of stress driven murder
1.) stress driven euthanasia: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33627695/ns/health-alzheimers_disease/t/murder-case-glimpse-stress-caretaking/#.TwW6mPKfn-s
Note: As listed in the thankless jobs list, the murderer in this case was a paralegal.
“Yurkanin arrived at his lowest point following a well-worn path of the relentless, thankless, solitary task of caring for someone no longer recognizable under a mask of dementia”
Keywords – Relentless, Thankless
2.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_postal
Thankless jobs – http://roadtickle.com/thankless-jobs-that-are-vital-to-our-society/
1.) IRS Agent
Real Cases of Mental Illness
Heaven’s Gate Recruitment Video
Heaven’s Gate was a cult ran by Marshal Applewhite, a man known for his schizophrenia. People that joined the cult also exhibited signs of mental illness.
“”We’re going to be murdered,” Marshall Herff Applewhite told a reporter in 1972. “And when we are, after three and a half days, we’re going to walk out into life in the next level above human.” Two years earlier, hearing voices, Applewhite had checked into a psychiatric hospital, seeking to be “cured” of his homosexual urges. Apparently “cured,” the former music teacher went on to become, variously, “Bo,” “Do,” the “Present Representative” and “The One That Was Jesus.” Last Wednesday, he was found dead, along with 38 members of the Heaven’s Gate movement, in the worst mass suicide on American soil. ” (Broder, 1997)
This is a clear example of unresolved mental issues culminating in a climax of mass suicide, in this case it wasn’t just the individual themselves who was harmed, it was a variety of people suffering similar ailments (be it a mental condition or general problems) whos own unresolved issues drew them to him.
Bibliography:
Jonathan Broder. (1997). Marshall Applewhite’s cry for help.
Available: http://www.rickross.com/reference/heavensgate/gate29.html
