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Mr George Harvey Research Paper

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The causation of violent behavior within a person can be caused by the following causes; biological causes, psychological causes, sociological causes and anthropological causes. The biological factors refer to the wide array of neurological, physiological, or chemical influences on aggression and violence. Child development researchers have found links between aggression and brain damage resulting from a variety of environmental factors, these include toxic materials found in the environment, traumatic head injury, dietary deficiencies, alcohol and drug ingestion by the mother during critical fetal developmental stages, and birth trauma. The psychological causes of violence study the human mind and its functions, affecting behavior, such as …show more content…

The sole antagonist of The Lovely Bones is Mr. George Harvey, one of the Salmon’s fellow neighbours. Mr. George Harvey is a rapist and a serial killer who raped and murdered Susie Salmon and several other women. On a cold and snowy afternoon, Susie was travelling on her way home from school through a local cornfield. Mr. Harvey greats Susie and welcomes her into his underground shelter, that’s he’s built for the kids. Piquing Susie's curiosity, as she was lured her into the hole, she quickly realizes that it is a trap however, she was unable to escape and Mr. Harvey rapes and then kills her. Mr. Harvey has committed a number of murders over a period of time, through a carefully thought out plan and he always takes a souvenir from each victim. Mr. Harvey had a troubled childhood, his father was abusive and his mother was severely depressed. Mr. Harvey and his mother would drive into a nearby town to get food or other supplies. “They were scavengers at best and made their money by collecting scrap metal and old bottles…” (Sebold, Alice). The Lovely Bones strongly develops the reader’s understanding of criminal law by revealing the reasons for causation of violent behavior within a man, George

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