bruises all over his body…” Betsy, a child psychologist that ever observed Joshua; had also given a Joshua’s picture of abuses which he ever used to
manipulate Brad and Betsy, into the cops as an evidence thing “…a sheaf of Joshua’s drawing that have the authorities drooling…” And Joshua also slandered
Brad by giving a confession to them that Brad had tempered with Abby’s medication “They say you were tampering with Abby’s medication.” All of those
Joshua’s confessions had incriminated Brad as the accused. Brad, who knew that Joshua’s confessions were just a lying; could not do anything to defend himself
causing by the witnesses and evidences that he did not have.
c. Denying his involvements
The sociopath may be an excellent actor; always appearing charming, calm, and collected.
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If there was someone had known about Joshua’s involvements of his criminal actions and asked it, he would always try to deny it.
No matter how far that people forced him with the questions, he would keep pretended and used his verbal ability to deny it. The dialogue beneath that the
writer puts is happened in the morning between Joshua and his father, Brad that looking over him. Brad acted more wary and always asked the interrogation
questions about Joshua’s crimes after knowing it. Joshua : Daddy? Do you like my house? I made it last night.
Brad : I know what you’re doing, Josh. I don’t know ‘why’ you’re doing it, but
I’m on to you. Joshua : They’re just blocks, Daddy.
Brad : You’re not going to hurt anybody else.
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Joshua : Are you made at me? Do you still love me, Daddy? Brad
: I think you’re sick, Josh. Joshua : I don’t feel sick. Not at all.
Brad : why are you doing this? Huh?
Joshua : You know what the best part is, Daddy? Although Joshua knew that his father, Brad brightly forced him by his
statements that he knew his crimes “know what you’re doing, Josh. I don’t know ‘why’ you’re doing it…”, but he still tried to denying it and pretended by divert
the topic into his blocks house that he made on last night “They’re just blocks, Daddy”. And when Brad judged him about his illness “I think you’re sick, Josh”,
he diverted it too by saying that he did not feel seek at all “I don’t feel sick. Not at all.”
d. Brilliant to changing the subject
Joshua was also brilliant in changing the subject when he threatened. He handed over all of the crimes he did to the subject that knowing about his crimes
doing. He would manipulate people to trust him for any kind of lies he told to slandering the subjects. There are some dialogues beneath, that will help the
writer to support his analyze about this deviant. The first dialogue beneath describes Joshua who handed over his fault into
his grandmother, Hazel; that happened in the Brooklyn Museum of Art. First dialogue:
Hazel : You know what, sweetie; I really need to use this little girl’s room right here for a sec, all right? You stay right here with the, uh…
Few minutes ago… Hazel : Joshua Joshua Joshua What were you doing?
Joshua : Where were you?
Hazel : Where were you? Oh, Brad. So sorry. My God. Bradley. In the middle of their visiting, Hazel left Joshua into the toilet and asked
him to keep stay on his place with Lily “…I really need to use this little girl’s room right here for a sec, all right? You stay right here…” He spontaneously used
the time to eliminate Lily and brought her into the stairs, then tried to push her down. But he stopped his plan and failed when Brad and Hazel successfully found
him. They came close to him to take Lily away from his hands. He quickly pretended as a kid who to looking for his parents. Although he knew that Hazel
went to the rest room, but he kept pretended that he did not know the place where she gone by asked her “Where were you?” By that question, He handed over it
into her; as if, she had done a wrong by leaving him alone with Lily without told him before. And when people around did not pay more attention to them both, he
pushed down Hazel from the upstairs until die. The second dialogue beneath is happened in mourn of Hazel death, and
because of that, Joshua using black coat. Second dialogue:
Brad : She was up there with Josh. You know, they said she slipped.
Ned : No doubt about it. You have had one fucked-up month.
Brad : I think he pushed her.
Ned : Come on. You’re… You’re talking about a nine-year-old boy.
Brad : I think all of this has been his doing. I think Abby…
I think the screaming – Lily’s screaming… There must be something we can do.
In Hazel’s funeral, Brad wanted to tell about his suspiciousness for what Joshua done; in to his brother-in-law, Ned. Brad, who was also in that Museum
when that accident happened, tried to tell Ned that Joshua had killed Hazel “I
think he pushed her”, harassed Abby and Lily “I think all of this has been his doing. I think Abby… I think the screaming – Lily’s screaming…“ But Ned did not
believe him and thought that it was impossible for Joshua to do and plan all of those crimes on his age. Joshua distrustful Brad’s movements that talking with
Ned in whispered and watched them out, while he stood with his grandfather, Chester. Then, Joshua came close to them both to stopping their private
conversation. Joshua tried to whispering something on Ned’s ear to slander Brad, while stealing a glance at Brad. Once more, he successfully made Ned trust him
and distrusted Brad.
e. Trying to make people seem crazy
