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Harvey 's The Beautiful Bones And Profile A Serial Killer

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In the sick minds of those who murder again and again, rape, pain and death are twisted into a passion to kill. Otherwise known as an ordinary individual, serial killers turn to violence and death in search of power over others, and to explore their fatal addiction to their immoral thrills. Even though these horrific crimes of a serial killer repulse most individuals, there is still a strange fascination when it comes to these deadly killers. I chose the movie The Lovely Bones to profile a serial killer. In the movie we do not really get a background of Mr. Harvey childhood, but in the book we find out that Mr. Harvey’s mother was a desperate woman who taught Harvey to shoplift and even rob victims. His father has an abusive personality …show more content…

During the middle of the night, he goes out to the cornfield and begins digging a hole in the field for his plan. He picks the cornfield, knowing not only does it seem deserted throughout the day, but also that Susie takes this path everyday to go home. Once Mr. Harvey is done building is underground shack, he begins to go along with his plans of luring Susie inside. After school on December 6, 1973, Susie begins to walk home when she runs into Mr. Harvey. Mr. Harvey begins telling her that he has built something and would like her opinion of this. She denies at first, he does not try and force her, but casually tries to get her interested in something he built. As he begins to walk away he says that he will show the other kids in the neighborhood what he had built and that they would be excited. Susie then agrees to go with Mr. Harvey, he shows her the clubhouse that he built for the neighborhood kids but in reality he built it for her. Once Susie and Mr. Harvey go down the ladder in the underground shack, the shack is filled with things that grab her attention. He begins to try and make her feel comfortable and then slowly begins to make his moves. His laugh in this scene of the movie is creepy and in a way gives you chills. He touches the top of Susie’s hat, takes his coat off because it feels warm, and then sits across from her. He begins to tell her that she

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