A mother of a dying child needed an enemy to focus her rage on.

Evidence

“Anne cut everybody else off. She did it in the name of Jimmy and the fact that he was so sick and dependent on her. It became absolutely necessary for her to find some reason for why the kid was so sick. She had to find an enemy, a reason, something to focus her rage on for afflicting her son.” — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 77

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: Raises the unsettling question the whole book rests on: a theory can be psychologically necessary and still be true.
• XREF: connects to: A parent’s immobilizing grief can push a grieving child to flee.; A mother’s self-protective warning to a daughter can transmit abject terror instead of safety — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1523

Broader Connections

• A mother’s self-protective warning to a daughter can transmit abject terror instead of safety #corroborates (1.00) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1523
• A parent’s immobilizing grief can push a grieving child to flee. #complicates (0.90)