Talk:Red Dragon (novel)

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After the statement that the Silence of the Lambs story is a reworking of Red Dragon's is inserted "citation needed." Why? The section goes on to describe in detail the characters and major plot points that are parallel between the two stories.

Batman144 19:12, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Silence of the lambs

"Thomas Harris’ own The Silence of the Lambs is itself a reworking of this story[citation needed]: Both stories feature a not quite full-fledged FBI agent in pursuit of a serial killer. Both serial killers have a strong self-loathing and kill to facilitate a “transformation” into something they feel is more powerful than their current state. Both protagonists must visit Lecter several times to gain enough insight to catch the killer."- Will Graham does not "visit Lecter several times" in the novel he actually only meets with him on one occasion--The Dominator (talk) 00:03, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Good catch. (For the 2002 remake, the screenwriter admits having to cook up an excuse to have Graham revisit Lecter.) --Batman144 (talk) 01:34, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

......however, Graham does have a phone conversation with Lecter after the prison visit. (Graham is told if man does as God does enough times, man becomes as God is.) So, Graham needed further insight from Lecter before catching Dollarhyde. The original sentence should have read something like, "Both protagonists must speak with Lecter more than once to gain enough insight to catch the killer." --Batman144 (talk) 02:49, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Themes Section

The Theme analysis for this article is excellent, but it might be worth including a comparison between Graham and Starling's character. I recall reading a section examing Lector's relationship with the two (e.g. talking with Graham as an equal, while treating Starling as a student), but it is no longer there. --134.159.97.130 (talk) 02:27, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:34, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

First Sentence

Why does the first sentence of this article say that it features Hannibal Lector when he is only a minor character in this novel? 12.216.166.246 (talk) 00:20, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]