tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838593459226293927.post1289852820244078415..comments2010-11-22T14:19:25.721-08:00Comments on Monster Talk: The Girl Next Door ... to a Cowarddbjohn1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12939422911734425861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838593459226293927.post-48914413314851965562009-10-31T18:20:59.784-07:002009-10-31T18:20:59.784-07:00The psychology of witnessing is fascinating. We w...The psychology of witnessing is fascinating. We witness from a second level... and we're left feeling just as helpless to change the outcome. I felt a sense of imprisoned helplessness reading the book the first time, and now I see this as Ketchum's narrative ploy: to keep us out but to not let us escape the trauma.Mike Arnzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02763802971675335870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838593459226293927.post-75255720114169950072009-10-30T18:58:08.333-07:002009-10-30T18:58:08.333-07:00Yeah, he was awful and he royally pissed me off to...Yeah, he was awful and he royally pissed me off too, but when I think about his almost begging to be thought of as a victim, I feel sorry for that part of him. The part of him that worked so damn hard to forget what he's done and what he's let happen. To hide it from himself. He's a person just a step away from insanity. Good riddens! ElsaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com