CHAPTER III RESEARCH FINDING
A. Data Description
In this chapter the writer wants to divide the discussion of Joshua characteristic in two kinds of analysis. First the writer wants to analyze the
characteristics and personality deviations of Joshua from the dialogues. The writer will use the general psychology theory to analyze the characters psychology of
Joshua. These are the data that the writer is going to use:
No Corpus
Explanation Capture
Characteristic Sociopath
1. Joshua : Is that hurt, Mommy?
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2. Brad : Joshua, he’s, uh… How
smart is he? Danforth : Well, this might be
getting ahead of ourselves, but we think Joshua might
benefit by skipping a grade, maybe two.
High Intelligent
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3. Joshua : In Egypt, when they
embalmed people,
like Pharaohs, they broken the
nose and removed the brain through the opening.They
drained the body of all its fluid on a special stone
slab.This guarantees him a High
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glorious afterlife.
Humming… They
chanted something, too, but I’m making that part up.
4. Joshua : Seth. He’s the god of
chaos. Hazel : Seth? That’s the name of
the god of chaos? Pity those heathens.
Joshua : Seth cut Osirus into fourteen pieces.
Hazel : Bad Seth… Joshua : But Seth is also good.
Without Seth, there is no order. Because Seth is the
only one who can battle the evil serpent, Apep. Apep is
all bad. Pure darkness. He eats his own screams.
That’s
his only
nourishment. …If Apep swallowed
you, you
become nothing.
A nonbeing. Till the end of
existence, you’d remain in Apep’s
guts, slowly
digested for all of eternity. And nobody would care
‘cause nobody
would realize you were missing.
High Intelligent
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5. Joshua : You know someone died
in this apartment? Brad
: I-I-I… I’m pretty sure that’s not true.
Joshua : If you think about it, someone has died, on pretty
much every inch of this planet. You know, dig
down anywhere, and you’ll find bones.
Abby : Abby laughs I don’t know. I think you…
We would probably know if someone was killed here.
Joshua : I didn’t say killed. Why do you think killed?
Do you have the sense, too?
Brad : Nobody died here, man.
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6. Joshua : Do you ever feel weird
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about me? Your weird son?
Brad : No. No, no, no, no, not at
all. Not at all. Joshua : You know that magic
trick where the magician puts the person in the box
and spins the box and makes
the person
disappear? I know how that trick is done. If you
look carefully, you can tell.
Brad : Well, you know, hey,
maybe magic is your thing. We could take you to a
magic store. Get you some tricks.
Joshua : You know, you don’t have to love me. That’s
not like
a rule
or something.
Brad : But I do love you.
You’re my
boy. I’ll
always love
you, no matter what. Okay?
and clear- headed
7. Hazel
: Joshua
Joshua JOSHUA What were
you doing? Joshua : Where were you?
Hazel : Where were you?
Callouness and Lack of
remorse 01:30:25
8. Old man : Can you help me out,
little man?
Just something,
anything. I’m no chooser here.
Joshua : I’ll give you five dollars if I can throw a rock at you.
Bully and Tyrannize
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9. You know they didn’t ever have to
love me. No, no, no.
And no one will ever love them now.
But they always wanted that somehow to save me. Why oh
why? For pity’s sake they should have
saved themselves. But you, you always said I never
Serving themselves
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missed a note. And nobody ever knew me like I
do. You always said it was gonna be
okay.
I only ever really wanted to be with you.
10. Joshua :Dad, is Mommy alright? Brad
: Yeah, yeah. She’s just tired, pal. Why do you
ask? Joshua : Nothing. Lily asleep?
Brad : Yeah, I got her to fall
asleep. Pretty good, huh? Joshua : You’re better at it than
Mommy. Brad
: laughs I’m not sure about that.
Joshua : You are. Really.
Manipulate other
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11. Joshua : Are we save, Mommy? Abby
: Well, what do you mean? Joshua : Does Daddy love me?
Abby : Of course he loves you. Yes, he loves you very,
very much. Yeah. Joshua
: But not like a Mommy
Manipulate other
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12. Betsy : Yeah. Maybe you could show me your room. I hear
you have a guinea pig. I love guinea pigs.
Joshua : My guinea pig? Okay. Do you like draw?
Betsy : Oh, I love drawing.
Diverts the topic
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13. Brad : Do you see…? This…this is off. Something is wrong
here. This has got to be the sign of some kind of…
sociopath.
Betsy : No, no, no, Mr. Cairn. That’s…that’s not it. This
picture is
a textbook
example of abuse. Okay? That boy is being abused…
Brad : No, no, no, no, no, no. Let me tell you what you’re
dealing with here. Betsy : I don’t care…
Brad : …he probably researched Manipulate
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it. He probably looked it up on
the computer.
He probably knew exactly what
to draw. Betsy : This is abuse I’m talking
about right here. Do you understand what I’m saying?
Brad : What are you…? Nobody’s beating him. I’m not…he
probably… Betsy : Why are you being so
defensive? I’m just pointing out the fact that your son has
been abused. Brad
: I’m not being… 14. Chester :
…Uh over
thirty eyewitnesses, your boy
tells the cops he’s been being abused since his
sister was born, bruises all over his body, a sheaf
of Joshua’s drawing that have
the authorities
drooling… Brad
: Chester, goddamn it, it isn’t the whole story,
okay? I’m trying to tell I have to get out of here
now.
Chester : They say you were tampering with Abby’s
medication. Brad : What? That’s – that’s
insane. Lying all the
time 01:40:30
15. 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. 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
Denying his involvements
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all. Brad
: why are you doing this? Huh?
Joshua : You know what the best part is, Daddy?
16.
17. 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 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.
Brilliant to changing the
subject
Brilliant to changing the
subject 01:10:40
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18. Joshua : Can we play together?
Abby : sniffles loudly Yeah, yeah, let’s play a game,
huh? What do you want to play, backgammon?
Joshua : Hide-and-seek. Abby : Hide-and-seek? Oh, well,
I… Okay, fine. Joshua : Good. I’ll hide, you seek.
Abby : Yeah, I figured as much. Joshua : You close your eyes and
count to fifty. And Mommy. No peeking.
Abby : Okay. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
nine, ten… Trying to
make people seem crazy
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Abby : Joshua Where are you? crying Oh… sigh…
Brad : Okay, sweetie. Do you
hurt? It’s okay. Shh, shh, shh… Lily’s fine. See, look.
She’s asleep in her crib. She’s fine. See? Okay?
Abby : You scream Joshua : Did you even look for me,
Mommy? Abby
: Abby screams YOU 19. Joshua :
Beware of
the Jabberwocky.
Brad : What? Lily cries. Did he
just… just take your fuckin’ binky?
crying continues Joshua, Joshua, Joshua Where’s
Lily”s binky? Joshua
Joshua : Come on. Let’s go Brad
: I’m talking to you. You better come down here right
now. Joshua : You better come down
here right now. Brad
: Joshua, Joshua. Joshua : Joshua.
Brad : I’m not fucking around
with you right now. You
understand me?
Come down right now Joshua : Come down right now.
Brad : Where is it? Where’s
Lily’s binky? Joshua : Where’s Lily’s binky?
Brad : You answer me. Answer
your father. Joshua : Answer your father.
Brad :
Answer your
father slapping Joshua
Joshua : No, no, no, Daddy Nobody will ever love you.
slyly smile Brad
: You… fuck stifled moans
Trying to make people seem
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B. Data analysis 1. Joshua’s Characters