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The Mind Of Serial Killers By Ernest Hemingway

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The main character says that he gets pleasure from abusing women emotionally. He thinks of himself as a serial killer who feels no remorse after committing a crime. He never abuses women physically, but destroys them mentally in an attempt to “capture their souls.” He does this by dating women and then breaking up with them right when they fall in love with him. Then he continues the story about how his “soul” was stolen by a women.The “relationships” last about three or four dates, and then when the women falls in love, he looks her in the eyes and says that he does not love her. “The look on her face, first the confusion, then the anger and hurt” is what the main character loves. He always has a number of women lined up so that, when he

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