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Unanswered questions about Sandman's mysterious childhood...


Okay so he's been abused as a kid. His father sewed his lips shut and apparently locked him in his room as well (?) and came in there often to beat him. Questions remain:

1) Where was the mother?
2) Where was his little brother, Griffin?
3) How long was young sandman kept this way? (I'd say a week or week and a half, can't go that long without food and water ya know)
4) Most importantly, why was his father doing this???? This is the one that boggles me the most.

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Their mother is dead, this is the most likely reason that his father becomes abusive towards them, it pretty much says after the mothers death the father couldnt cope. Griffin is in the cott look in the mirrors reflection that he holds up befors killing his father with the broken off mirror shard you'll see a baby Griffin. As for how long was he kept like this, who knows or cares man, its just a movie...


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the way his scar's were i would say a long time. it was enough of a gap to drink and eat anything small. his father was also a raging alchoholic (spl). you see him come into the room with a big bottle in his hand.

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1. Dead, it is my theory that she either died giving birth to Griffin or the father killed her in a drunken rage.

2. In the cott, you hear Griffin crying in the flashback scenes.

3. Not known, they never give us any indication of this but likely a a year or there abouts.

4. Why does anybody abuse kids, because they are disturbed.

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1. I thought it said the mother was dead, I dont think the father did it. I think the young sandman may have been involved or accidentally caused her death.
2. Grififn is in the crib, this has already been answered
3. How long would it take you to want to kill your own father if he was doing this to you? It couldnt have been long though maybe over a summer. I think it would have been obvious if young sandman was misisng scool for a full year. I would say 3 months tops.
4. Again i think young sandman may have accidentally caused his mothers death and so the father thusly blames him.... or he is just a cuckoo bird.

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I think he means what happened to Girffin afterwards .... I believe the guy the sleep stalker was after through out the film WAS in fact his younger brother... DOESNT the guy who is his victim die at the end which makkes this film more tragic IF he did kill his brother that was his target...

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