And they aren't all bad. He learns to like killing. Being human is not half bad. As an adversary he is one of King's more interesting constructions. His purpose is survival.
Evil is an added attraction.
Same sh-t different day. The friends may have thought they originated this phrase, but I believe it was in use before they came into the world. It was a favorite of mine 20 years ago, and it still is. The rest of the adolescent garbage got old about 20 pages into the story. It left nearly 600 pages of recurrent semi-obscenities to suffer through.