Mother. Father. Wife. Husband. Son. Daughter. These are all identities, but they are also ways to identify someone based on their relationship to someone else. In We Need to Talk About Kevin, Eva is a mother to Kevin and Celia. A wife to Franklin. But what is she when her husband and her daughter are killed and her son is in jail? She is no longer a wife, and she has no desire to be a mother. Eva has to figure out who she is when she is all by herself.
Questions About Identity
- How would you describe Eva before she gave birth to Kevin? Does having a child change her?
- What words does the general public use to describe Eva's personality? Is their assessment of her accurate?
- What aspects of Eva's personality does she share with Kevin? What aspects does she share with Celia? How are Franklin and Kevin similar or different?