It is Hynes's supremely intelligent use of point of view that may change the reader's mind about Johnny, as the shifts between the limited third-person and the first-person elaborate upon the opposition between empathy and
sociopathy, provocatively illustrating how this harsh world forces individuals to become emotionally detached, and it draws the reader into Johnny's struggle to become a subject with a full emotional life.
He was in and out of prison and (http://www.biography.com/people/charles-manson-9397912) Biography says that while behind bars he was considered dangerous "before he discovered the benefits of being a 'model prisoner.'" Probation reports called him unpredictable - volatility is a symptom of psychopathy and
sociopathy - and "constantly striving for status and securing some kind of love."
One of the central aspects of
sociopathy is a lack of empathy.
An example is
sociopathy, the inability to feel empathy, which seems to have a 56% genetic contribution.
The mass shooting in San Bernardino may give rise to more fear, but murderous gun rampages, an everyday occurrence in the United States, have been set off by workplace resentments, anti-abortion and anti-government zealotry, paranoia, suicidal megalomania, various other forms of
sociopathy, and by no evident reasons at all.
However, Stout, though referring to standard professional tools used to assess
sociopathy, also questions the conventional legacy of psychiatric classifications:
Her skilled
sociopathy enabled her to avoid a criminal conviction for allegedly arranging the long-distance execution of her husband, but now what?
Impaired social response reversal: A case of acquired
sociopathy'.
The disorders include such categories as
sociopathy, hysterical hyperesthesia, narcissistic personality disorder, pathological egotism, and bi-polar disorder, among others.
impair social cognition, such as
sociopathy, borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia, depression and autism.
Hollyopathy is consistent with the syndrome of
sociopathy with one important distinction.
Intentional mistreatment of animals at an early age is generally considered to be a predicting factor to
sociopathy later in life.
