LKH Lashouts

A previous post that spoke of slang made me think about how Nathanial is totally not a beleivable street kid.

Even though he's out of the "lifestyle" he would still have some basic mannerisms and speech patterns of someone who lived on the street for most of his life.

I live in a liberal, not intimidating, fairly low crime area... And even here Nathanial would not survive. Throw in that he has to eat a lot to maintain his beast... And no. Not possible.

A friend of mine lived on the street for a while by choice. It was an expieriance the culture thing. She did it for about five months and she still has a "street mode", which is disconcerting to see her switch into at times. Nathaniel supposedly grew up in the streets... He would have this times a million.

But he doesn't.

There is nothing about him that reminds me of anything but an abused child... But even severely abused children that live on the streets are forced to at least ACT tough.

If LKH knew anything about street culture she would play with Nathanial's background for more then sympathy. She could make his character so much more colorful and less two dimensional with it...

You know... I think lately I'm starting to think that LKH comes up with really awesome characters... With good background stories(though all the stereotypical tragic) but just doesn't know anything about people that actually live with this stuff. I mean... Even if she just bought someone a meal and talked to them minimally... She would have a better feel for what Nathanial would actually be in the real world.

Is there such thing as character abuse? The woman should be prosecuted for neglet and overall ill treatment.