![]() ![]() ![]() "At the end of the day, I have no idea, and that pure, serene, ignorance has become, itself, a funny kind of solace," she writes in a letter to her deceased husband. While the film isn't as explicit as the book, both versions of Eva are grappling with Kevin's final answer as they wonder if it's even worth feeling weighed down by the question of responsibility. This is a very large undertaking and the premise is great. The story is told from the point of view of Eva, the mother of the murderer, in the form of letters Eva is writing to her husband. She lives with the guilt of what her son did, on top of the guilt of knowing she did nothing about the various warning signs. Shriver attempts to tell the story of events, reasons, undercurrents leading up to a school massacre. ![]() Not that she has a ton of options - she struggles to find work and be accepted by those around her. Her public perception is unlikely to change, but Eva appears firm in her choice to stick around for Kevin's sake. Is she channeling the brief moment of affection between the two when he was young and sick, or is she working toward being a better mother upon his release? She could move away for a fresh start, but she's shown setting up a room for him, complete with his navy blue bedding and Robin Hood book. She mentions that she believes he'll be released in five years. Kevin is a dark book, and many of those initial rejections objected that its narrator, Eva, is 'unattractive': a woman uneasy about pregnancy, who feels alarmingly blank after childbirth, and. ![]()
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