2-3-4 Challenge Book Discussions #2 discussion

Trask/Adam Scott seemed to be shaped by what happened to him when he was 13-years old, being raped by the two prostitutes. Was he already damaged?

It's not that he was damaged. He was a sociopath to begin with. A 13-year-old defying authority at school, eavesdropping on his parents, following his father to prostitutes.

This isn't to say that he deserved what his father and the call girls did to him, but it didn't turn him into a monster. He was well on his way to being one before the abuse, which ended up focusing his predispositions on hatred toward women.

Nature vs. nurture. I come down on nature being triggered by nurture.

Yes, I feel he was damaged before that or a sociopath as Lauren stated. Anita made a good point too. Without the rape it may have just taken him longer to do what he did.

I believe he was already exhibiting sociopathic tendencies before the rape by the prostitutes, which caused some serious damage. It unleashed his vengeance against women.

Anita, I think you put it perfectly.