When Karl confronts his father he tells him he read the bible and that his parents should have never lied about what was in it. What do you think they told him? My instinct tells me they made up something to justify killing his baby brother, or maybe something about "retards". What do you think?
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I learned to read some.
I read the Bible quite a bit.
I can't understand all of it.
But I reckon I understand
a good deal of it.
Them stories you and Mama told me,
they ain't in there.
You ought not done that to your boy.
I studied on killing you.
I studied about it quite a bit.
Possibly justifying killing a fetas. However I don't think Karl's "parents" explained much to him. When Karl said he was waiting for his bible lesson out in his hole, his mother was with Jesse. It looked like Karl's old man was surrounded by containers of urine.
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Probably on killing the fetus, how he was treated, maybe why he was "different" from other kids, maybe how his dad treated his mom or vice versa. The movie isn't clear on it...
sharehow he was treated, maybe why he was "different" from other kids,