@Oh dear
1. Not Stockholm syndrome.
In Stockholm syndrome you form an 'attachment' to the person/persons who abused/held you captive.
Kenny wasn't his abuser, he hated and feared his abuser.
2. This 'world' is set at a time when psychology/psychiatry had barely started to exist.
Most Dr would simply diagnosis him as being 'simple minded' and suggest he is unable to recover but should be put in a private hospital/'home'⁷ for the rest of his life.
Kenny is the best person to look after him, because he remembers Kenny from when he was a child (10 years before) and trusts him because he was a family friend.
Abuse, particularly long term abuse received as a child ,takes years to get over.
Many never get over it at all.
Yes, this fact is...sh*t
1. Not Stockholm syndrome.
In Stockholm syndrome you form an 'attachment' to the person/persons who abused/held you captive.
Kenny wasn't his abuser, he hated and feared his abuser.
2. This 'world' is set at a time when psychology/psychiatry had barely started to exist.
Most Dr would simply diagnosis him as being 'simple minded' and suggest he is unable to recover but should be put in a private hospital/'home'⁷ for the rest of his life.
Kenny is the best person to look after him, because he remembers Kenny from when he was a child (10 years before) and trusts him because he was a family friend.
Abuse, particularly long term abuse received as a child ,takes years to get over.
Many never get over it at all.
Yes, this fact is...sh*t