Author Argument

The argument that makes this movie a success is that the author thinks that a serial killer is considered to be mentally ill. Therefore, he should not get the death penalty but must be remitted to the authorities for treatment. To do so those authorities will assign the same sick person to a doctor who will try to cure him. M supported the same idea when he was in trial by stating that his motivation for killing these young girls were involuntary and it was impossible to control his eager to kill. The author argument makes sense in a country where the democracy is applied. No one is allowed to take another person life which the assassin did. However, he did not do it voluntary and the justice should take time to evaluate his state of health before sentencing him.

The author also touches another point that deals with authorities in time of crisis because most of the time the government violates civil rights when there is a war or a social crisis. We saw in the movie how the Police handled the problem. When the population was terrorized by the serial killer people were not free to go out at that time because the Police would not let them do it. For instance if a citizen did not have a proper identification he was sent to a precinct to be checked. A similar situation happened even in the U.S during the civil war when Lincoln violated the first Amendment by not allowing the Press or citizens to criticize the war. For example Newspapers were not authorized to print out certain information. In addition, the government had the same attitude after September 11^Th2001 when terrorists attacked the U.S. Right after the attack more laws were passed by Congress giving more power to law enforcement to search people’s houses without a warning once they were suspected to be “terrorists”. This aspect that the author talked about in the movie was one of the best subjects because it tells us that history repeats itself.