Later, he explains why he has committed such crimes and chosen wickedness: “I am malicious because I am miserable...Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind?...if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear”(147-148). He explains that the world is evil to him despite his kindness and open mind for the world; if everyone he has ever encountered has rejected and despised him, why should he be kind to them? Why should he be a light onto a world that only shuts him out? Because of the circumstances of his life, he makes the choice to be vengeful and malicious, though the good in him was once
Later, he explains why he has committed such crimes and chosen wickedness: “I am malicious because I am miserable...Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind?...if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear”(147-148). He explains that the world is evil to him despite his kindness and open mind for the world; if everyone he has ever encountered has rejected and despised him, why should he be kind to them? Why should he be a light onto a world that only shuts him out? Because of the circumstances of his life, he makes the choice to be vengeful and malicious, though the good in him was once