One of the things that made the novel The Collector such an interesting read was how it delivered the perspective of the captor and the captured. It allowed a better understanding of what was happening, and showed the different ways a situation could be interpreted. By writing a postscript in the voice of Marian, I hoped to capture the impression Frederick left on someone who had not yet been kidnapped, but that of a potential victim. The goal was to take Frederick’s negative opinions on women and use them against him. Marian’s actions revealed that “she was just like a woman. Unpredictable. Smiling one minute and spiteful the next,” which is how Frederick described Miranda when she irritated him (56). I made sure that Frederick would be outsmarted
