Beast
I've been doing some more dwelling on this regimented man vs manbeast type thing and have pinpointed what it is I am really looking for. I get the idea of the regimented man, the spartan raised since birth to kill who has experience in no other regards of life. I got that. The problem is though, no matter how a child is raised, whether it be by scientists, warriors or wolves, he is still human. I cannot figure out a way for the adversary of this warrior to be technically, specie-ally, human yet still be a natural beastlike killing machine. I need a way to dehumanize a person and make that person a direct adversary of the well regimented soldier. In what situation can a person be nothing but a beast but still technically a human? Of course in the plot the subject of humanity would be a large theme and the debate over whether or not the regimented soldier has become something other than human but my real problem right now is finding a character where the line between human and beast is indistinguishable and leans more towards beast, a lot more. AND I need the life steps that would be required to create that character. Somebody help me with this one, it's bugging me.
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In the book Battle Royale there is a character that is incapable of feeling human emotion because something is messed up in his head (some kind of childhood accident... I think). It pretty much turns him into an emotionless killing machine. Basically, that's the instinctive version of a human. One that operates from the id more than anything else. I can't remember, but I think there is some plot twist that changes this in that novel, but perhaps it helps you, brah.
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