DANIELLE GRAVA POST # 4/14

"'What made him do it, how was he crazy?' Graham looked out the car window at the people on the sidewalk. His voice sounded detached, as though he were dictating a letter. 'He did it because he liked it. Still does. Dr. Lecter is not crazy, in any common way we think of being crazy. He did some hideous things because he enjoyed them. But he can function perfectly when he wants to.'"

When trying to figure out the Leedes case, Springfield keeps on asking Graham about Hannibal Lecter. Graham has been attacked by Lecter before because he was able to figure out Hannibal was a vicious murderer. It's comical to me though that Dr. Lecter is not crazy. He is, or can be an average every day person, he just enjoys the act of killing. After viewing Dexter in class I became hooked and now I watch it. So Hannibal in my opinion is kind of like Dexter. For my photo I chose a picture of an onion. Even though the onion looks quite simple, it contains many layers. Just as Lecter, and Dexter. They aren't what they appear to be on the outside. Once you peel down and get to the bottom of them, you realize that.

Thomas Harris, Red Dragon, (Dell Publishing, 1990) pg. 68

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