Ok, this has got to be my all time favorite game, with 3 really starting to grow on me, I figured it was time to take a look back.
Silent Hill 2 is about a man named James Sunderland, who's wife died 3 years ago due to a deadly disease. 3 years after her untimely death, james recieved a letter in the mail from "Mary Sunderland" (his wifes name) ..the letter said "Meet me in our special place...im waiting for you" ...their special place was a quiet, lakeside town known as Silent Hill. Not knowing what to think, James gave in and headed to silent hill, even though he knew there was no way the latter could be real...the depression of his wifes death was too much to bear, and he would walk to the end of the earth to find her.
*SPOILER ALERT*
Now, to those of you who beat the game, you know that once james arrived at the lakeside hotel (their special place) ..he "learned" (remembered is more like it) that he murdered his wife, in that very hotel, by suffocating her with a pillow. His own delusions and psychosis made him forget what happened, I guess....I was shocked when I learned this, although it did seem to add up, as you were given subtle hints as to what happened... Now, as far as my theory as to why he did what he did, here goes...
He just had a lot of deeply embedded emotional turmoil/guilt and could only cope with denial (which is not uncommon with how many people deal with their problems). Because of him murdering Mary, one might be keen on labeling him a psychopath or something of that sort. But I don't think that was exactly the case.
Humor his situation for a moment. Day after day after day, all James could do is wait and watch Mary die; he had no control over her condition, obviously. I believe there's two parts to his decision to suffocate her. One, trying to take care of her slowly wore away at his chance to live his life. On that point, I do think he hated her for taking his freedom away, hated to see her slip away right before his eyes. On the other hand, I still think he loved her... otherwise, he wouldn't have come back to find her.
I think it was a mercy killing - for both of them. For Mary to feel pain no longer, and for James to go on with his life. Considering this, is what he did really all that insane?
Silent Hill 2 is about a man named James Sunderland, who's wife died 3 years ago due to a deadly disease. 3 years after her untimely death, james recieved a letter in the mail from "Mary Sunderland" (his wifes name) ..the letter said "Meet me in our special place...im waiting for you" ...their special place was a quiet, lakeside town known as Silent Hill. Not knowing what to think, James gave in and headed to silent hill, even though he knew there was no way the latter could be real...the depression of his wifes death was too much to bear, and he would walk to the end of the earth to find her.
*SPOILER ALERT*
Now, to those of you who beat the game, you know that once james arrived at the lakeside hotel (their special place) ..he "learned" (remembered is more like it) that he murdered his wife, in that very hotel, by suffocating her with a pillow. His own delusions and psychosis made him forget what happened, I guess....I was shocked when I learned this, although it did seem to add up, as you were given subtle hints as to what happened... Now, as far as my theory as to why he did what he did, here goes...
He just had a lot of deeply embedded emotional turmoil/guilt and could only cope with denial (which is not uncommon with how many people deal with their problems). Because of him murdering Mary, one might be keen on labeling him a psychopath or something of that sort. But I don't think that was exactly the case.
Humor his situation for a moment. Day after day after day, all James could do is wait and watch Mary die; he had no control over her condition, obviously. I believe there's two parts to his decision to suffocate her. One, trying to take care of her slowly wore away at his chance to live his life. On that point, I do think he hated her for taking his freedom away, hated to see her slip away right before his eyes. On the other hand, I still think he loved her... otherwise, he wouldn't have come back to find her.
I think it was a mercy killing - for both of them. For Mary to feel pain no longer, and for James to go on with his life. Considering this, is what he did really all that insane?
