maybe he has to write something out of himself, some personal experience; no, I am not implying that he did things like this, but maybe he had some contact with things like that in the past or maybe he simply think that rape is the most horrible crime possible, that's why it is in the center of his...

The answer to the problem of filming the rape would be to make clear every single thought and sensation going through Covenant, from the moment he meets Lena. That is how Donaldson makes it acceptable to the reader. Because I understand what he is going through, I find it possible to sympathize with...