https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017 Norma has been dead for ten years but the young man thinks he will "find her ...someday soon". In your opinion, who is Norma? What could have possibly happened between Norma and the young man? Why is he murdering women while trying to find Norma? What possible theories explain his behaviour? en-us 2017-10-04 02:23:19 UTC 2025-12-09 20:40:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/76849225/61c34176bfef9d0db68bce5bfd75b0b9aa8d6cf1/59d7fd5c68da955fec1ca80fcec7b594.jpg https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/193820503 I think that Norma was his lover back then. I think that grief most likely drove him to insanity, convincing himself that every woman is Norma.

Yes he does suffer from a Blue Beard Complex he wants to dominate women or the less powerful.

The Id overpowers his behaviour which is why he has unbalanced ego. ]]> 2017-10-04 12:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/193820503 https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194264280 The young man is murdering women because he is reliving the same day from 10 years ago. During that day the young man killed Norma, causing him to repress his memory of that day. This is why he thinks that Norma is still out there and alive. 

Murdering women can also explain how he thinks and that he may have a split personality. One personality is in the same day as 10 years ago, the other is the personality that knows hes wrong and that Norma is not alive and out there.  

The young man may have a stronger ID than super ego, meaning that his ego is unbalanced. When he kills his Id is making the decisions, his super ego not in control. After killing his 6th victim, he has a bounce in his step, meaning that he does not know that he just killed and just pretended that it never happened. This proves that his ego is unbalanced as it shows that he has a weak super ego an has a strong Id, with an unbalanced ego. ]]> 2017-10-05 12:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194264280 https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194265723 Does he suffer from a complex?

Which personality element overpowers his behaviour?

Do you think he may have repressed an experience in his life that caused mental instability?


]]> 2017-10-05 12:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194265723 https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194267419 2017-10-05 12:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194267419 https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194268408 Norma left love

]]> 2017-10-05 12:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194268408 https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194268481 Why are there so many images of birth? why does the flower vendor emphasize including baby's breath flowers? can it represent anything?

]]> 2017-10-05 12:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194268481 https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194270123 There is so many images of birth in the story because of the time of season and to emphasize that nothing is wrong. Birth is the opposite of death, something that the young man does but is not aware of it, killing women. Stephen king is trying to show in the story that nothing is wrong and that the young man is not the hammer murderer. 

In the young mans past, he may have had a rough childhood. He may hate the mention or see birth around him because of what his parents, his mom did to him. Birth is represents pure, something that the young man is not, something that he may want to be but can not. Then once he sees birth or purity around him he becomes uneasy and his shadow self stars to come out and his murderous side, the hammer murderer comes out ]]> 2017-10-05 12:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194270123 https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194270324 yellow flowers are talked about a lot in the story. what do the yellow flowers represent?

]]> 2017-10-05 12:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194270324 https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194270374 Maybe one day Norma found out she was pregnant with loves child and love found out and he proposed with flowers. Norma then rejected Love and then killed he accidentally with a hammer. 
Love has most likely experienced tragic rejections in his life with women, and it seems Norma was the tip of the iceberg to set him off on a murder spree. ]]> 2017-10-05 12:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194270374 https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194270736 i believe that he is suffering from the bluebeard complex because he is choosing to murder women. He is choosing to murder women ]]> 2017-10-05 12:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194270736 https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194272347 From a psychoanalytical lens, what could the hammer represent? think about symbolism....

]]> 2017-10-05 12:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194272347 https://padlet.com/kucinic/period1discussion2017/wish/194272708 It connects to the young mans other personality, his split personality. The other personality is his shadow self, the opposite of what he is on the outside, before he finds out that Norma is dead. 

The hammer also connects more with the Id than the super ego. 
Connects more with the shadow self, and danger.
Matt
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