I am reading Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain and I finished the book. This book takes place in Portland, Oregon. Archie Sheridan is getting mental help during the start of the book; he got the help because of his previous experiences with Gretchen Lowell. Archie figures out that Gretchen has broke their deal, so Archie checks himself out of the mental hospital to go look for her. In this journal I will be evaluating and questioning.
In this journal, I will be evaluating Archie’s decision to kill or not kill Gretchen Lowell and questioning. First of all, Archie had plenty of reasons why he should have shot Gretchen. For example, Archie could have killed her because she separated Archie from his family mentally. An example of Gretchen separating Archie mentally from his family could be “He is there for the victims. This is what he’s told himself, what he’s told Henry, Debbie” (Cain 288). That quote has importance because it displays that Gretchen has changed Archie’s way of thinking. She had him thinking it is “okay” to visit her every sunday in jail so he could get information about all the murders she has done. In anybody else's mind, including Archie’s family, it is not okay to see the serial killer that tortured a family member. Archie and his family think differently about his actions involving Gretchen, which separates Archie from his family mentally. Archie could have shot Gretchen because she has him and his family separated mentally. He could have also killed Gretchen because he knows that she will be a …show more content…
His own father would not even help him. Example: “He would have had Jeremy killed. He would have found a way. Because jeremy going on trial for multiple murders, that would lead to some discussion of Jack Reynold’s business interests” (Cain 295). R. Analysis how nobody else was willing to help jeremy impacted him
G. Archie Sheridan could have decided to help Jeremy Reynolds because he can connect with him and because nobody else would help
In this journal, I will be evaluating Archie’s decision to kill or not kill Gretchen Lowell and questioning. First of all, Archie had plenty of reasons why he should have shot Gretchen. For example, Archie could have killed her because she separated Archie from his family mentally. An example of Gretchen separating Archie mentally from his family could be “He is there for the victims. This is what he’s told himself, what he’s told Henry, Debbie” (Cain 288). That quote has importance because it displays that Gretchen has changed Archie’s way of thinking. She had him thinking it is “okay” to visit her every sunday in jail so he could get information about all the murders she has done. In anybody else's mind, including Archie’s family, it is not okay to see the serial killer that tortured a family member. Archie and his family think differently about his actions involving Gretchen, which separates Archie from his family mentally. Archie could have shot Gretchen because she has him and his family separated mentally. He could have also killed Gretchen because he knows that she will be a …show more content…
His own father would not even help him. Example: “He would have had Jeremy killed. He would have found a way. Because jeremy going on trial for multiple murders, that would lead to some discussion of Jack Reynold’s business interests” (Cain 295). R. Analysis how nobody else was willing to help jeremy impacted him
G. Archie Sheridan could have decided to help Jeremy Reynolds because he can connect with him and because nobody else would help