If you haven't discovered it already, I recommend that you also read the novelization of the film by Nancy Holder. It expands on certain aspects of the film that were altered between the original script and the film.
You'll also get more of Lucille and Thomas' childhood, and (from what I recall--I need to read it again) more of Thomas' POV about Eunice.
Why does Lucille object that Edith is an unsuitable target because she is too young? Surely that would make her more naive and malleable?
She tended to prefer it when the target of their greed was older, so that Thomas wouldn't end up falling for the woman in the way that he did with Edith. Edith might be young, naive and malleable, but she also still had people that would notice if she just up and disappeared, too.
Such as Alan. Or her father until he was done away with by Lucille.
The other women were isolated in their lives.
With the last question, yeah. He's closing his eyes again against any untoward thing getting in the way. He just wants to pretend nothing bad is happening all around him.
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Date: 2018-12-01 05:33 pm (UTC)You'll also get more of Lucille and Thomas' childhood, and (from what I recall--I need to read it again) more of Thomas' POV about Eunice.
Why does Lucille object that Edith is an unsuitable target because she is too young? Surely that would make her more naive and malleable?
She tended to prefer it when the target of their greed was older, so that Thomas wouldn't end up falling for the woman in the way that he did with Edith. Edith might be young, naive and malleable, but she also still had people that would notice if she just up and disappeared, too.
Such as Alan. Or her father until he was done away with by Lucille.
The other women were isolated in their lives.
With the last question, yeah. He's closing his eyes again against any untoward thing getting in the way. He just wants to pretend nothing bad is happening all around him.