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what i really dont get...

posted 15 years ago by reservoirdog1986
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okay, when alec comes home he and his mom dont seem the least bit broke up about his dad dying in the shipwreck, they just kind of pretend it never happened. why is this?

[–] 15 years ago

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[–] dreemer75 14 years ago

Alec has been shipwrecked on the Island for ages, they both had time to grieve. He has found comfort in The Black. The mother thought she had lost both of them, so when Alec returns, I guess she just had good news, right?
There are moments when they remember the father, Alec goes to his closet and looks through his things, plays with the watch, tries on the gloves...

[–] Greenteeth 14 years ago

They certainly didn't over play it, but on the kid's first night home, he goes out in the back yard to be near the horse (plus he had been sleeping outside for a good while after the shipwreck). His mom takes a blanket out to him and thanks the horse for saving him, then adds that she wishes he had saved her husband, too. Plus the kid was obviously devastated as the ship was sinking and he cried when he finally got to the beach.

[–] radyla 14 years ago

Because they both read the book and knew what really happened.

[–] buyorsell888 12 years ago

Cause the father wasn't even in the book....

[–] bl82-1 8 years ago

Yes he was. He just wasn't on the ship.

[–] TopFlight 8 years ago

Because that didn't happen in the book, and the screenwriter had no idea how to add that without bogging the story down even more than it already was, by having an unnecessary death in it.

[–] liscarkat-2 7 years ago

Because it's been a long time. They've probably discussed it off-camera.