Elliot Rodgers was born on June 24, 1991 from two loving, young and successful parents involved in the film industry. Li-Chin Rodger who was a Malaysian research assistant for a film company and Peter Rodger, a British filmmaker and photographer. Peter is known for his part as assistant director for the film: The Hunger Games. Elliot was born in London, England and raised there till he was 5 years of age. Shortly after celebrating Elliot’s 5th birthday was when his sister, Georgia Rodgers was born. This was when his parents decided to move to the United States because Peter believed they would have more success in the film industry. Thus, the Rodger’s family made their way to Los Angeles, California. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take long for
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Although research shows he has never been officially diagnosed with any mental disorders, this assumption can be made with assurance from reading his manifesto and watching his personal video blogs. Steve Bressert, a writer for PsychCentral.com describes NPD as "a disorder that is characterized by a long-standing pattern of grandiosity (either in fantasy or actual behavior), an overwhelming need for admiration and usually a complete lack of empathy towards others". Examining these traits closely and beginning with Elliot 's most projected trait, grandiosity. He displays this characteristic multiple times in his Retribution Video, as he continuously refers to himself as a godly individual, while everyone else around him are animals and he ensures to use the verb slaughter when he describes how he will kill his victims. A word a butcher or hunter might use to describe their actions of killing an animal for food. In another video he also states, "It doesn’t make sense. I do everything I can to appear attractive to you…I dress nice. I’m sophisticated. I’m magnificent. I have a nice car... I’m the ultimate gentleman. And yet, you girls you never give me a chance. I don’t know why.” This on its own is proof that Elliot genuinely believes he is perfect and there is something wrong with the female population because they haven’t given him a chance to prove
Although research shows he has never been officially diagnosed with any mental disorders, this assumption can be made with assurance from reading his manifesto and watching his personal video blogs. Steve Bressert, a writer for PsychCentral.com describes NPD as "a disorder that is characterized by a long-standing pattern of grandiosity (either in fantasy or actual behavior), an overwhelming need for admiration and usually a complete lack of empathy towards others". Examining these traits closely and beginning with Elliot 's most projected trait, grandiosity. He displays this characteristic multiple times in his Retribution Video, as he continuously refers to himself as a godly individual, while everyone else around him are animals and he ensures to use the verb slaughter when he describes how he will kill his victims. A word a butcher or hunter might use to describe their actions of killing an animal for food. In another video he also states, "It doesn’t make sense. I do everything I can to appear attractive to you…I dress nice. I’m sophisticated. I’m magnificent. I have a nice car... I’m the ultimate gentleman. And yet, you girls you never give me a chance. I don’t know why.” This on its own is proof that Elliot genuinely believes he is perfect and there is something wrong with the female population because they haven’t given him a chance to prove