Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Starting out here, not with this Infinity sensation coming out in the theaters. I read the comic book series over 25-30 years ago. I don't remember all the details. Sometimes they say the movie is better than the book, but more times than not they say the book is better than the movie. I am not going to watch the movie. I felt the comic book was unique and the plot was interesting. I don't know if I will get it correct here, but I am trying to make a point ...not so much aiming at correctness to the original plot.

But, for now, I'm going to do an analogy.

This story is about Anna ...could be spelled Ann, or Ana.

The suffix '-logy' means the study of ...not to be confused with '-ogy', which would leave the 'l'  with the first half, and I certainly would not want to do that.  So, this is a study of Anna, or Ana ...okay, let's call her Ann. And I'm already getting tired of the study of, so let me begin before I'm inclined to finish.

Ann came from a very rich family.

Cain does not have a job, and has no ambition to get one. He has not had very good upbringing either. And Cain has been influenced by a dad who was cruel to his mom.  He identified with that in the wrong way, and he not only does not respect women, he also feels they can be used.  The limits have been stretched, where he has increased his violent outlook ...to view them as expendable.


Cain acquired a gun.  At this time, everyone was, in his mind, expendable. Ann forgot to fill her car with gas, and she is so busy talking on her iPhone that she misses her turn ...a turn that leads her to an exit she did not want to take, where she runs out of gas.


Cain doesn't hesitate ...in his neighborhood, screams are too prolonged, and shots ring out all the time.  One shot, and she is down.  He sees by her car, that she is rich ...but, he doesn't want to steal her car.  The car could be traced ...so, it's her purse he is after. And he is not disappointed.


Somehow they do trace the murder to Cain though. And he is arrested. But, when he goes to trial, a gang leader in Cain's neighborhood pays someone to say they were with Cain on business on the opposite coast. Cain understands that he now owes the gang leader, and his future business will be through him.


Ann's husband Abe knows what just happened in court.  He feels that Cain is guilty of murdering his wife ...and he funnels the emotion of grieving for the death of his wife, into using all his money and resources into making sure that both Cain and the gang leader go to prison.


Abe finds a police officer who also has a vengeance for placing the gang leader into prison, as the gang had threatened also to murder his brother.  Abe finds that Gus is not too popular in the police force, but that he is motivated to the end that justice is carried out.


Note: Now, who do you feel is your least favorite character?? 

Is it Ann, because you don't like rich people?? 

(Sorry, I'll just ask you from this point on, and let you provide the reasons.)

Is it Abe??

Is it Gus??

Is it Cain??

Is it the gang leader??

And who do you feel is your favorite character??

Though I didn't like the Workplace Diversity class that I took over 30 years ago, I suddenly just realized that my questioning here is somewhat similar to the 'Island Scenario' from that class. (I tried to 'Google' it, but couldn't find it ...but, just as well, as it would probably only be a distraction from the scenario I've presented here.)

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