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What was under the bed?!


At the end of the movie there was something under Joshua's bed. It looked like a glove to me. What was it? If it was a glove, it could have possibly been the uncle's (given it looks like a piano glove) indicating a sign of sexual abuse.

The end of the movie can be viewed at this link. The glove appears around 7:33.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL-wBdgrZiI

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I want to know too! They obviously wanted us to take note of it.

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I thought that was Lily's binky. I could be mistaken, but it would make sense for it to be under his bed/in his possession. Even though the father did not realize it was missing until they were at the park, he suspected Joshua took it-if the binky is what is under the bed, then the father was correct.

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It was a rubber glove. It shows the hamster which has been taxidermied, indicating he was clearly killing the animals and he took his little fascination with Egyptian mummification...far.

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Yes, it was a glove.
And I agree with you.
That indicates sexual abuse.
The kid has been a victim of his uncle abuse, since the Lilly was born.

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Yes, it was a glove. And I agree with you. That indicates sexual abuse

How is this a sign of sexual abuse?

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It was Lily's binky. Looked like a possible glove but it was the binky. Just shows Joshua had it planned out the whole time.

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His parents caused him to resent his baby sister for a while because they acted like she was the only child of theirs they cared about. They seemed to forget they even had a son, especially the mother. So if he did want to get rid of his sister, I can't say I blame him because that's the only way they would give him love and attention again. Although I honestly don't believe he truly hated her as much as he was jealous of her. I don't think he truly wanted to kill her in the end; he just wanted to get himself and his sister away from his parents and live with his uncle, who was the only person he felt understood him and loved him.

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He did sing to his uncle, you & me, the two of them, and didn't include Lily in the song? He actually showed some affection to her and did include her in his escape plan. I do think it was his plan to take the binky to upset his father through Lily.

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I have now frozen the screen, and I am looking at a rubber glove, which in no shape or form can be mistaken for a binky.

I have four children, and having a huge supply of my babies' favourite items is something I don't forget.

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