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Manipulation Quotes in We Need to Talk About Kevin

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Quote #10

I had made up my mind and you could no more dislodge my conviction that Kevin was a Machiavellian miscreant that I could dislodge yours that he was a misunderstood choir-boy. (25.235)

Sometimes it feels like Eva is seeing Kevin's "true self" while Franklin is the one being manipulated. But is Kevin manipulating Eva, too? Are all aspects of his personality merely manipulative acts? Can we ever actually know?