Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-24469175-20160228194417/@comment-26205772-20160508042829

There are some parts of his character that are, to be frank, rather pitiful. He's got a few redeeming qualities - he loves his pet snake (in the movie, at least, although his book counterpart doesn't count either because he ultimately comes to repent) and what he goes through seems to be meant to inspire some form of sympathy.