Child is arrogant and vain, and suffers for his arrogance and vanity. Though in the movie at least Mike doesn't seem to mind his fate at all and is thrilled to be on TV.
If it helps, it's shown in the book explicitly that all other children survive their ordeal.
Christian concepts of sin + punishment are dumb and stupid and I'm sick of pretending otherwise.
The fact that they live actually makes it all the more horrifying because they have to live in a family that likely despises and hates them for their warped and strange appearance, and in a world full of people who likely will treat them as subhuman for the rest of their lives. Kids dying is dark but honestly way less dark then body horror.
I don't really think anyone should suffer for arrogance or vanity. It's not really a personality flaw that manifests as much more then 'mildly annoying' unless they have power or wealth, in which case there tends to be lots of other issues with that in general.
Child is arrogant and vain, and suffers for his arrogance and vanity. Though in the movie at least Mike doesn't seem to mind his fate at all and is thrilled to be on TV.
If it helps, it's shown in the book explicitly that all other children survive their ordeal.
Christian concepts of sin + punishment are dumb and stupid and I'm sick of pretending otherwise.
The fact that they live actually makes it all the more horrifying because they have to live in a family that likely despises and hates them for their warped and strange appearance, and in a world full of people who likely will treat them as subhuman for the rest of their lives. Kids dying is dark but honestly way less dark then body horror.
I don't really think anyone should suffer for arrogance or vanity. It's not really a personality flaw that manifests as much more then 'mildly annoying' unless they have power or wealth, in which case there tends to be lots of other issues with that in general.