The purpose of this paper is to determine the diagnosis of the character Grenouille from Perfume by Patrick Süskind a psychopath or sociopath. Grenouille had a rough childhood with his mother giving birth to him in the fish stall, he went to a foster home where the other children thought he was peculiar. Does a harsh childhood justify Grenouille’s killings? A psychopath is defined as a person suffering from mental disorder or violent behavior, versus a sociopath, which is a person with a lack of conscience and is extremely antisocial. A psychopath is a person who often mimics emotions because they are incapable of feeling emotions. Grenouille has never felt loved. His mother abandoned Grenouille at birth, the wet nurse wanted nothing to do
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Grenouille’s home life was living in an orphanage. The other kids at the orphanage hated Grenouille ever since day one. They tried stuffing Grenouille’s face into a pillow, the children would physically use their hands to hurt Grenouille but stopped trying when realization hit when they notice Grenouille was not dying, thinking he could not be destroyed. Since Grenouille did not have friends his social life was nonexistent. So with no friends, Grenouille had plenty of time to come up with stuff to do. Grenouille discovered his hidden talent that would be a blessing or a curse, his enhancement of smell. Examples; advantage: being tall so it is easy to reach stuff, disadvantage: being short, a stool is your best friend. When Grenouille met Baldini his life did a 360. Baldini owned a perfumery and left Grenouille be the unskilled helper. When Grenouille stared working in the perfumery he felt some where he belong. Like Grenouille was meant to work at the perfumery. Grenouille and Baldini were an unstoppable tag team in the perfume business. Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were one of many couple psychopath killers known. Grenouille & Baldini improved perfume scents rather than Ian Brady & Myra Hindley who took the lives of children. (Bio, 1). When Grenouille reached apotheosis the people of that town put him up on a pedestal. Praising him, loving him and actually acknowledge his existents. It was the first time the world saw a human out of Grenouille. Dennis Rader aka the B.L.T killer (Bind, torture, Kill) lived for his 15 minutes of fame. Dennis Rader taunted America with personal letters in public places. Example: Libraries and local newspaper. Grenouille after he left the orphanage got a job doing labor work. Grenouille had every deadly and non-deadly disease there was and survived every single one. Since Grenouille was “immune”
Grenouille’s home life was living in an orphanage. The other kids at the orphanage hated Grenouille ever since day one. They tried stuffing Grenouille’s face into a pillow, the children would physically use their hands to hurt Grenouille but stopped trying when realization hit when they notice Grenouille was not dying, thinking he could not be destroyed. Since Grenouille did not have friends his social life was nonexistent. So with no friends, Grenouille had plenty of time to come up with stuff to do. Grenouille discovered his hidden talent that would be a blessing or a curse, his enhancement of smell. Examples; advantage: being tall so it is easy to reach stuff, disadvantage: being short, a stool is your best friend. When Grenouille met Baldini his life did a 360. Baldini owned a perfumery and left Grenouille be the unskilled helper. When Grenouille stared working in the perfumery he felt some where he belong. Like Grenouille was meant to work at the perfumery. Grenouille and Baldini were an unstoppable tag team in the perfume business. Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were one of many couple psychopath killers known. Grenouille & Baldini improved perfume scents rather than Ian Brady & Myra Hindley who took the lives of children. (Bio, 1). When Grenouille reached apotheosis the people of that town put him up on a pedestal. Praising him, loving him and actually acknowledge his existents. It was the first time the world saw a human out of Grenouille. Dennis Rader aka the B.L.T killer (Bind, torture, Kill) lived for his 15 minutes of fame. Dennis Rader taunted America with personal letters in public places. Example: Libraries and local newspaper. Grenouille after he left the orphanage got a job doing labor work. Grenouille had every deadly and non-deadly disease there was and survived every single one. Since Grenouille was “immune”