Which character do you have the most sympathy for?

the stone near the front-right tire of the green pickup truck, which portrayed granite and shaped like a stoned stone would be. I liked that stone.

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Life's too short for mediocrity.

Frankie and his mother were the only characters at all worth of any sympathy from me. Erica, (if she really knew she had hiv) deserved what she got. Nate was possibly worth of some sympathy because it's presumable that he didn't know about the HIV and thought he was avenging an innocent girl's death, but even in that case, it was clear that Nate was cold blooded and really only liked Erika because he thought she needed him, just like the kitten he had as a child that he took care of.

Conform or be cast out

None.

Frankie's mother.

They mostly meet me at the waterfront after the social... mostly.

Erica. Hands down. Mostly because I really was torn between sympathy and complete revulsion for her, especially when it came to light how many men she had had unprotected sex with (she LOST COUNT???) But then when she revealed what had gotten her started, that's when every harsh judgment I had about her fell away. There is no condoning what she did, but you also can't count the men she slept with as completely blameless, which goes DOUBLE for Franki and his buddies. You cannot tell me by now that nobody knows the rules, even if they don't pay heed to them - you have to treat EVERY person you have sex with as someone who may be HIV-positive, even if they're not, unless they can prove to you that they're not. (And even THEN.)

But a four-year old has no choice as to whether or not sex can be forced on them, and for either not listening, not caring or not helping her daughter when she needed it most, for that I blame Erica's bitch of a mother, not her. If Erica could have gotten the help she needed when she needed it, the story of her life would have been completely different, and the deaths of a lot of innocent people could have been avoided (and that includes the ones we will never know about.)

Agreed Frankie (see my last post). Nate was an annoying *beep* that needed a good kicking

No one mentioned the innocent little girl who got stabbed, possibly killed? I'd go with her.

i felt sorry for ED and his wife and daughter. They did not deserve the treatment. Ed was a hard working fast food joint owner and his family looked so respecting. Erica was a slut and that Nate just a monster.