English & Literature
What is the psychological aspect of the novel The Alienist?
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Jill W
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As the reader makes their way through this novel, they soon come to realize that many of Dr. Kreizler's beliefs are the basis for modern psychology. Kreizler looks to a person's childhood to see what made them the adult they have become and how that childhood causes a person to act in a specific way. This is very much like modern psychology in that many psychologists look to a criminals childhood to guess as to how a criminal will act and respond to specific events or actions. For this reason, changing times is a theme of the novel.
The Alienist