The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Can We Sympathize with a Cannibal Family?

In The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, we see a cannibalistic family ravageing group of kids for no reason what so ever, but is it possible to have any feelings toward a family that does something so hellish? The answer is yes. See once you take a much closer look at the family you see that the two brothers are mentaly ill or handicaped and the Uncle is trying to raise two boys, whith no wife, while taking care of an elderly father. See the one brother, Leather Face, is mentally handicap, so in the truth of it he does not truly now that what he is doing is wrong. Actualy when he kills the kids he is truly just defending himself, and also he appears to be scared like if someone was attacking him. Then with the other brother, the hitch hiker, constantly entices and causes troubel, now he can be seen as evil in this movie. Now the Uncle, even though he takes part in the canibalistic activities, can be seen as a good and evil. For example, in the dinner scene he entices the the brothers to scare the girl but when it gets out of hand he tries to stop the brothers because he feels sorry for the girl. Finaly, we see the grandfather who can be seen as the starter of this evil, but is sorry for what he has started.