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Originally Posted by Antago
I never said they're 100% applicably comparable in that they are sychronized as almost parrallels, but that the story serves it purpose to me at all because it's a story I've heard of, a part of my experience, and I deserve to make sense of it.
And, the point is, I was not able to pay for programs when I was younger, I did not have friends, people around me used drugs and got into lots of fights, and I did not have people that really honestly cared for me, supported me, and wanted to help me out to being myself. Instead, I spent my time away from these negative, destruction, abusive forces, and because of the oppression, sought to express myself artistically for my health and vitality. The major means was graphic work. I was also young, in middle school and highschool. So, I think that if you look at the contrast here (we were both looking for a better life, and looking out for our own sanity and health, even if it meant commiting a crime), they are comparable.
Also, I personally do think that her carrying around his head could me a means of sentimentally communicating the fact that it was not that she didn't love him and wanted him to go away completely, but that she couldn't live with his abuse. She communicated with his spirit while carrying around the head, but eventually decided to throw the head away over the bridge after some time. So, I don't think there is evidence here to call her crazy. Afterall, many people rely on funerals to get the sort of closure they need with a person, even if it is the whole body it is simply a pile of dirt that happens to be in the form of a person. In fact, many tribes and cultures actually do carry around the dead bodies, including the person's ashes as a means of outleting their love and expressing it. So, I am not sure why people honestly freak out and think, "Oh no! She carried his head! That is soooo weird," meanwhile they have probably cried at a funeral and paid respects to a corpse their self.
I think her carrying the head was a means of honoring the man she loved but whom she could not allow to live with her physically anymore because he was physically abusive, and her life and many children needed much better.
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