Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-27818776-20150516222009/@comment-27818776-20150517040446

Well, as I have mentioned, the film adaptation of the novel is very different from the novel. In the movie, Jaapie isa introduced bullying PK, and then trying to sacrifice him and Mother Courage (his pet chicken) to Adolf Hitler. He hangs Mother Courage by her legs and then kills her with a slingshot. PK pushes him onto the table, and a little metal flag sticks in his rear. He then orders PK to be tied up, and he tries to do the same to him, but he is stopped by a teacher. He was later expelled.

Years later, Jaapie became a sergeant, and he worked for this man named Colonel Breyton. Jaapie was called in to investigate a multiracial gym, and he meets PK again. Jaapie then savagely beats PK's friend, Gideon (he also becomes blind in one eye), as well as a few more people there, and he also aids Breyten in attacks, one attack caused the death of PK's love interest, Maria Marais. Jaapie and Breyten then lay a siege on Alexandra and several innocent civilians die in their pursuit of PK and Gideon. Jaapie then threatens to shoot a local boxing promoter after savagely beating him, of course, and he still intended to do so even though he had PK right where he wanted him. He then tries to kill PK once again when his back was turned, but Gideon saves PK and he hits Jaapie in the head.

Okay, so that's how he's portrayed in the film. A possible mitigating factor is that in the film, Jaapie claimed that his father beat him after he was expelled from the boarding school. What should be noted, though, is that the film never treats Jaapie with sympathy, so this excuse is somewhat hollow. That and he instead chose to blame PK for it despite it being his fault in the first place. He also doesn't express any love for anyone, and again his love for Hitler is simply fanatical at best.

Overall, he's portrayed as sadistic, xenophobic, and fanatic. I would call him a monster, though I'm not sure.