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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]****SPOILER ALERT****

I thought both the book and the movie were fine, but [b]it didn't ring true to me that the townspeople were so cold to her, especially given that her husband and daughter were killed, too.  It would seem more realistic if they saw her as a victim, too, instead of shunning her.[/quote][/b]

I thought so too! I know, "blame the mom" is strong, but the son also killed her normal and loved daughter and her husband. I think there would be some more sympathy about Kevin being a really "bad seed" and less focus on her failings as a woman. She was, in fact, largely a victim if not the *perfect mother* which is what makes it so interesting.

The only way I can see her catching this blame is that when faced with tragedy like this, some people have a VERY strong need to feel like anything similar would NEVER happen to them. A blame the victim mentality. It couldn't be hardwiring, it HAD to be she was a bad mom! Rape is sad and all, but that would never happen to me, I don't dress like a alut and go to bars! Maybe it was that at play? "MY boy would NEVER!"[/quote]

I don't even think it has to be a conscious thought of "my boy would never..." it can be just a great difficulty putting oneself in her shoes and imagining the devastation and horror of what she lived with and through...you don't have to be a pearl clutching, Karen to not want to face this type of trauma or imagine it even beyond a second. We all want to innately look the other way at some traumas...that's the nature of them...they evoke horror. [/quote]

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