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silent hill 2 . plot analysis

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I ............... What you'll find here

II .............. Introduction

III ............. Damn Freud

IV .............. It's all in James' mind

V ............... Monsters

VI .............. Character Analysis

VII ............. Story Analysis

VIII ............ Endings



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What you'll find HERE

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Welcome to my Silent Hill 2 Plot Analysis! :) The main objective of

this document is to give this beautiful story a new focus. This focus

can be exemplified with the quote above the Intro Notes: that our

dearest protagonist James Sunderland did not kill Mary for love. He is

a murderer who stopped loving his wife as he found out that she would

die from an incurable disease - and he would lose the one thing he was

after.



To understand and keep track on this theory is easy: you just need to

know what happened in the plot twist near the end of the game - that

James killed Mary. That's all :)



To keep it short: It's a simple theory.







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I N T R O D U C T I O N



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Your regular protagonist James Sunderland gets trapped in his own

nightmare when he suddenly finds out that his wife Mary sent him a

letter. Not a bad marriage issue - the thing is, Mary died three years

ago. Here are the letter contents:





"In my restless dreams, I see that town. Silent Hill.

You promised you'd take me there again someday...

But you never did. Well, I'm alone there now...

In our 'special place'... Waiting for you..."





James decides to visit that town, looking for some clues that may help

him solve this puzzle. Why would his wife send him a letter, being

dead for three years now? His love for the late wife drives him to a

nightmare, where he will face his worst fears. His love...



Was it really his love? Michaelis dictionary (c) 2003 says:



"L.ove (lat amore) 1. Type of feeling that drives people to what they

consider beautiful, full of dignity or grandiosity; 2. Grand affection

from a person to another; 3. Affection, great friendship, spiritual

connection; 4. The object that simply represents this affection; 5.

Benevolence, careness, sympathy; 6. Tendency or instinct that drives

animals to reproduction; 7. Sexual desire; 8. Ambition; 9. Cultuation,

veneration; 10. Charity."



So... how to define James' love? In this document, I am going to tell

you that James Sunderland killed his wife in a bad way. I am going to

show you that there is a total selfish side in James, and the kind

side James portrays in the story is nothing but a false personality.

There are indications and proofs for that, and we are going to look at

them in a simple, understandable way. To define love in Silent Hill 2,

we are going with number 7.







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D A M N F R E U D



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You know, I never liked that guy. I almost always slept in Freud

classes at college. But that guy said something that sticked to my

mind ever since I heard it: "Men and women lead their whole lives

around their basic needs", which is true. As I learned in those

classes, a normal human being has basically four physical needs to

fulfill during his whole life: the need to eat; the need to sleep; the

need of shelter; and the need of pleasure (Freud's favorite).



The basic concept of a NEED is: if one human being has been thrown out

of one of his needs, you could say that he won't ever live happily -

or won't live at all.



Of course, happiness can be defined simply by one of the other needs.

Like someone that feels happy eating. Well, everyone feels happy

eating... it's just that, for some people, this happiness surpasses

any other. So, instead of going out with his girlfriend on Saturday

night, the man spends the night eating - and loving it. Also, you must

assume that every single person in the world is unique and have their

own ways of happiness. I, for example, get happy playing Silent Hill.

A football player that gets happy playing that sport would just laugh

at me and say "CircleXTriangleSquare?". Happiness depends on each

person's likes.



Understanding that, we can move on to James' needs.



We can tell for sure that he's not starving. We can also be certain

that he lives in a nice home, with a hot shower and warm blankets. Now

remember that the fourth need is called pleasure. Our James here takes

the subject too seriously. This is the basic topic of discussion in

this theory: To him, pleasure IS physical pleasure. To him, love is

defined number 7. Why? Because of every single item that will be

analyzed during the document. You will see that his love for Mary was

nothing but a cover for a simple human need... and he got tricked by

keeping with that. Poor James. Guilt ate him all over.







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I T ' S A L L I N J A M E S ' M I N D



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Another thing that we must put as certain is that all the happenings

in the game are nothing but James' self-punishment for Mary's murder.

We cannot tell for sure whether James really experienced all of that

or if he's lying unconscious on a bed in a hospital, dreaming all of

this... but it's sure that his troubled mind is the master of almost

every bizarre creation in this story.



If you have any trouble with that, just think logically: for example,

James finds a mannequin wearing his dead wife's clothes in the

Woodside Apts.. Well, unless someone wore that same outfit in the same

way as Mary (impossible), we can tell for sure that James' mind

created that there. Remember that James is in Silent Hill, a town that

calls for sinners in order to teach them something. Silent Hill could

represent the purgatory (as listed in the interesting Kiroptus'

theory), where one must be punished for his sins and find his true

fate. The only difference to the sacred religious purgatory is that

James *appears* to be alive in Silent Hill.



Another example to clear this thought - James faces two extremely

weird areas in the game: the Labyrinth and the Hotel. The Labyrinth is

just showing us that James' mind is going through changes, as if he

were just to find out something really bad - notice that the place has

no physical coherence with anything, just like the Prison's wacky

hallways that precede the Labyrinth. The Hotel appears as it was then,

when James visited with Mary. Later then, we see the Hotel as it

really is today.



After clearing that this whole story is a product of James' actions,

needs and of his own mind, we must come up with the game's prime

issue. I mean, I set that his principal needs are the physical ones...

but in which meaning? To confirm that AND to link the answer with the

concept of love used in this game (sexual desire), we must analyze

this game's monsters. After all, they are all creations of James'

subconscious.





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M O N S T E R S



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Well, the concept of a monster is well-known. Something, usually with

an ugly form, that stalks or scares someone for no appearant reason.

APPEARANT reason, I said.



Every single monster of this game has a little meaning hidden behind

its forms and ways. The man who created those monsters didn't want

just to make them look weird. He wanted to make them fragments of

James' psyche.



Now, we are going to study these monsters to understand what is the

*main issue* of James' troubled trip to Silent Hill. We are going to

confirm the principal subject implied in this game. When you reach the

middle of this section, it will be more than obvious. I am not going

to analyze the cockroach, as it has no relevance to the plot - as well

as the nurse, but those have a little other meaning to check.



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Pyramid Head

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The king of all popular monsters in the series, Pyramid Head makes a

difference by his weird looks - he has a metal something covering his

head, and walks funny (maybe drunk). These looks are there to resemble

executioners from a long time ago - they never showed them their head,

as if they had nothing to do with the killing; they are just postmen

delivering the message. The weirdest thing about Pyramid Head is that

he's supposed to represent... James Sunderland. PH is always shown

doing something wrong - even though he is an executioner: killing

Maria (a representation of Mary) all the time and performing serious

sexual crimes. His metal-something for a head could represent James'

shame and guilt, too. You could say, in a short sentence, that Pyramid

Head represents James' true personality.



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Demon Patient

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aka Lying Creature or Straight-Jacket, the Demon Patient represents

simply a trap, a prison - for Mary. They represent Mary's disease

condition. Primarily, because the jacket thing is something present in

illness conditions (normally mental, but Brookhaven is not there for

nothing). Finally, because it's something that she is trapped to, that

she won't ever recover. Also, I see them as female, as we encounter

Pyramid Head raping one of them (no discrimination there, just the

deduction of James' sexuality implied to Pyramid Head's actions).



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Mannequin

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Probably the clearest sexual reference of the game. The mannequins

here are simply two female legs glued to two female legs. There's our

first start to how James' physical needs surpass his so called love

for Mary: on the place where you get the Flashlight, you bump into

this regular mannequin model (whole body, no head) that clearly points

James' sexual desires. Note: the mannequin is wearing Mary's clothes.

See where I'm going? Plus, the mannequin is another monster raped by

Pyramid Head, which makes James' true nature stronger.



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Nurse

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Well, there's nothing to say about the nurse, except the famous male

sexual fantasy concept that this work implies ("Hellooooooo, Nurse!").

The nurse is in this game to keep tradition, anyway. Maybe it

represents something in a bigger scale - like everyone's mental

condition in Silent Hill.



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Mandarin

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The Mandarin, known as previewed Closers from SH3 (I don't see that),

are plain chasers. They represent the perseverance in James' purpose

in Silent Hill - to reach for a certain (wrong) goal. Theirs is to

kill; James' is to find Mary. The only unique thing about them is that

they are trapped in a level that they can't go through (the ground).

They will always be on the under level and won't ever acchieve their

objectives - kinda like James.



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Door Men

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Well, everyone's tired to say that, but Angela's papa represent sexual

obsession. Now try not to look at his side before the "bed" or "door"

or "frame" thing. Try looking UNDER it. Now imagine Angela looking at

that. It's a door, a rectangle-shaped wood piece made for Angela not

to see her dad - but, still, get raped. This represents her pain in

being abused by someone loved. Now where does that fit into James'

mind? Because James is the same as her father (Angela even says that

to him). He just didn't force Mary at any time. The need is still

there.



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I will analyze the bosses in the story part. I analyzed Pyramid Head

because he is the main antagonist, supposed to represent James. With

the main monsters analyzed, we can tell for sure that the principal

issue in this story is called S*E*X. Now link that to James' murder

and you got yourself the whole theory basis.



After confirming James' main issue in the story, let's take the

principal characters of the game and cross-info their personalities

and actions with the mentioned James' issue. Don't blink in this

section, as it is the most important of the analysis.







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C H A R A C T E R A N A L Y S I S



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You will see here that every character of this game has a sexual issue

behind their masks - except for Eddie (even Laura has it. I will try

and prove that later). I am going to briefly list who are those

characters and what are their main objectives in Silent Hill.



Then, I'll analyze those objectives in the story section, crossing

info learned in the game's happenings with the characters'

personalities. Simple as that. Please note that I didn't prove (or

indicate) anything yet. Take these descriptions below as if I ALREADY

HAD written the whole analysis and got to 'those conclusions' about

each character. I will, however, prove everything during the next

section, the Story Analysis. These descriptions below should stay in

your head as you read the analysis, because those are the main

conclusions.



** IMPORTANT: If I were a teacher, I would hand every single person

that reads this document a piece of paper, containing the information

below about each character - to keep track on the analysis. That is

important, as the theory is understood like this:



1 - You will read the story analysis (next section);

2 - You'll confirm every single item with the descriptions below.



To talk more practical: I would select the brief section below and

print it, to avoid going back to this section all the time amd compare

every single info with every single character, damaging your patience

level (?). Or, easily enough, copy/paste it to a new doc and just

alt+tab them during the story analysis. It's simple and easy. :) I

strongly recommend one of those because there might be a point in the

analysis where you will read my arguments and forget what they mean to

the theory, and say "why the hell is he saying that?" ;)



To make things easier, right after the character analysis section

there's a PRINT POCKET VERSION of the descriptions, for print or

copy/paste. So please, keep the character analysis in your hands all

the time.



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James Sunderland

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* WHO IS HE?: A recently middle-aged man that just killed his wife out

of selfishness, to have his life back. He couldn't stand the fact that

she was sick and ending with his happiness (which are defined by his

needs... which are defined by physical pleasure... which is defined by

sex). He is not a two-dimensional character, nor a serial killer. He

is just selfish, he just wants what's best for himself. He murdered

once (well, twice) for reasons of his own, that we are not supposed to

judge, but simply understand. He did treat his wife as an object, but

didn't realize that until she got sick. He realized Mary was not as

perfect as he would like. After he killed her, he hid that gruesome

personality behind this kind man, who would do anything to be with his

wife again.



* WHY IS HE IN TOWN?: He is in Silent Hill to receive punishment. He

felt guilty for what he did - even though he wanted to kill her - and

deserves to learn the truth. James created this wrong new personality

of a man that is not selfish and just wants his wife back... and

Silent Hill will uncover this personality as he advances in the story

and realizes what he did. James is ashamed of his true self.



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To make it short, James is in Silent Hill to receive punishment from

murdering his wife. Plus, he needs to remember two things: that he

commited that act of murder and that this personality he is showing is

false (he treated his wife as an object). He created a new personality

to hide these two things mentioned right before now.



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Mary

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* WHO: The lovely and innocent wife got sick and died years ago. She

didn't die from the disease, she was murdered by her own husband. She

did not want to die at all. She thought James was acting weird with

her during her disease. Mary was a happy woman who didn't want to die

at all. Of course, she wanted the pain to end... but she didn't want

to die like that.



* WHY: She is in Silent Hill to prove James that he commited a

gruesome act AND that he didn't treat her well (he was not a good

husband). Using a different method, she will make James understand

that he has lost her by dividing herself into two different entities:

Maria and Laura. Maria stands for Mary's wild and 'James like' side

(the one that James thinks it's perfect) and Laura stands for her

innocent and pure side (add annoying to that). Maria is there to show

James the truth (about his personality and the murder) and Laura is

there to treat him bad, to tell him that he was not a good husband and

to trick James. To hate him, simply.



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To make it short: Mary is in Silent Hill divided into two entities:

Maria and Laura; to prove James that he commited a gruesome act, that

he is not the way he's acting (both Maria's missions) and to tell him

that he was a lousy husband and abandoned her (Laura).



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Maria

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* WHO: Maria is James' perfect version of his wife Mary. Maria is what

James wanted Mary to be all along: beautiful, wild, naughty, slutty

and fun - just for him, of course. She has different clothes and hair

from Mary (proof that James is shallow and noticed only that about

Maria in the first place) and has a totally different personality.



* WHY: She is in Silent Hill to prove James that he is a murderer and

that he did not love Mary at whole - he just loved one side of her,

the side that he could have fun with: Maria. In other words, to reveal

his true personality and make him remember that he treated his wife as

an object. The James that is in Silent Hill (the false one, the kind

one that he created to block his memories from the past) doesn't

remember that he killed Mary OR that he just loved her body/fun side.

She is there to make him remember those, by seducing him and by

getting killed all the time by Pyramid Head (who is a representation

of James' TRUE cruel and selfish personality). Only there's something

to teach him now: he created Maria and Laura to differ the nice and

boring sides of his wife. Maria is the side that he wants to be with.

She is always remembering him of the good times and wanting to touch

him. He just didn't expect to see that the side that got sick IS the

fun side, and not the boring one. It's Maria who starts to get sick

along in the journey, not Laura... which points us that James can't

have a perfect Mary - he would just have to accept her as she is (as

seen in the Maria ending).



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To make it short, Maria is in Silent Hill to show James the truth

about his personality and the murder.



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Laura

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* WHO: Little Laura is a creation of Silent Hill in James' quest. His

mind-created Mary divided herself into two different people. Laura got

the annoying and innocent part. She is even portrayed as a child, to

assure James himself that he doesn't want her in his life beside him

(that is the thing that puts Laura in the sex issue of the story. She

is a sexual temptation for a psychotic killer or pedophillic, but not

for James. To him she is the opposite of sex, as she still does

represent Mary). To him, children are only good as sons and daughters.

There's a lot of discussions regarding whether Laura is real or not. I

believe she is not real and I will list several reasons for that. By

the way, did you notice that the unreal characters (Laura and Maria)

are the only ones that don't have a last name? :)



* WHY: She is in Silent Hill to show James that he hasn't been a nice

husband. She is portrayed in one of Mary's letters as a girl who

doesn't like James at all (with Laura being part of Mary, you should

assume that Mary didn't like James' latest actions). She is constantly

being rude to James without even knowing him. She does not trust him,

she is there to make James' guilt side appear. She is in Silent Hill

primarily to lead James to his punishment, along with Maria. Notice

that, unlike Maria, Laura is NOT leading James to the truth. She is

there, also, to find Mary (her innocent self led her to believe that

she is real, and that her relationship with Mary did exist... so she

looks for her the entire game). Maria is constantly showing the truth

to James, but never does anything to advance in that concept (she just

keeps getting killed and killed, being slutty and slutty). Laura does

advance in the plot, but without noticing that - with the letters and

the places she run to - including the Hotel. Laura does not see any

monsters because she is invulnerable to everything - she is Mary's

pure side. That fact is there to prove that if James wanted to have

Mary, he couldn't have just Maria. He should take Laura with him too.

To resume, Laura is in Silent Hill to revenge James' way of treating

Mary, by treating him badly and tricking him all the time. Also, her

innocence also made her allow James' new personality to gain her

trust, so she treats James a little better at the end of the game.



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To make it short, Laura is in Silent Hill as a creation of the town,

as Mary's sweet, innocent side. She's there to tell James that he

hasn't been a good husband, and to hate him. The thing about her is

that her innocence led her to believe that she IS real and that she

really DID meet Mary. The memories created for her (plus the letter

and James' hate) took control of Laura. So she starts looking for

Mary.



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Eddie Dombrowski

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* WHO: This is the only character in this game that doesn't have a sex

issue. Eddie is a fat man who spent his whole life taking mockeries

from the people around him. They all call him fat all the time, and

Eddie just kept that unswallowed in his throat. The trigger happens

when he gets in Silent Hill. He starts to kill (or 'just' hurt badly)

every person that tries to mock him, in any way - including James, who

is set for one of the most stupid lines of the VG world (Eddie: "From

now on, anyone that makes fun of me, I'll kill them, just like that!"

James follows like this: "Eddie, have you gone nuts?"). I could swear

that everytime I hear that, sitcom electronic laughs come right after.



* WHY: The Dombrowski fatty is in Silent Hill to make James meet his

alias in real life - at least in attitude. Well, just like Eddie said,

he and James are the same for the simple fact that they both have been

called to Silent Hill to the reason of murder. He's one of the 3 alive

and real people in town - along with James and Angela. His reason is

simple as that, and it's just to guide James to the truth. Eddie kills

for a dumb reason and James contests that. The tables turn later after

the tape, when James realizes that he and Eddie are the same.



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To make it short, Eddie is in Silent Hill to (along with HIS OWN

reasons) help James find the truth about what he did. They are both

the same (murderers) and were called to town for the same reason.

Eddie is one of the 3 real people in SH, along with James and Angela.



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Angela Orosco

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* WHO: To me, this character should be better used in the game. Angela

could be even a richer character than James or Mary. Angela is a woman

who has been sexually abused by her father, her whole life. Not only

that, he beats her up all the time. This got her to grow a horrible

vision about life as years passed by. Angela is scared of James

because she sees him as her father, as the same entity as her father.

She sees him as a perverted.



* WHY: She is in Silent Hill to give James a real example of

suffering, along with Eddie. Let's remember again: there are two main

things that James finds out in the game: 1 - that he murdered a human

being; 2 - that he takes sexual desires too seriously and sees his

wife as a mere object. When Eddie is there to prove number 1 to James,

Angela is in Silent Hill to indicate the second one. Also, she has the

life issue mentioned above. She has no life to live, so she feels free

to make a choice and kill herself. I believe that, in HER OWN WAY, she

is in Silent Hill to get the allowance to kill herself. Her life issue

is there to make James notice that Mary didn't want to die at all -

that she was happy before the disease, and he shouldn't end her like

that. You get her knife to examine and determine your ending: if you

examine it too much, you think about it too much and end up "in water"

with the answer figured out.



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To make it short, Angela is in Silent Hill to (along with HER OWN

reasons) make James remember that he is selfish and treats women like

objects... to show him that he did not love Mary. Plus, she is there

to indicate James that Mary didn't want to die - because she had

memories and a life before the disease. Angela does have true reasons

to want death.



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With the section above in mind (if you didn't read it well, read it

again carefully), keep a copy of that with you (or in your memory, who

knows!) and just cross the information from the whole next Story

Analysis with the character info you've got in hands. Here's a little

printable Pocket version of the analysis from above. Good Luck! :)



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*** JAMES - Murdered Mary in an act of selfishness. He created a false

personality (the one seen in the game) to cover his memories from the

happening. This personality is uncovered as he finishes watching the

tape. He is in Silent Hill to be punished for the murder AND to

remember two things: the murder itself and that he does not have this

new personality: he treats women badly, is shallow and selfish.



Keyword: BODY HUNGRY



*** MARY - Murdered by her own husband, Mary did not want to die. She

was happy before the disease and wanted to continue living. She is in

Silent Hill divided into two entities: Laura and Maria. They are meant

for James to discover that he is a murderer and that he is not like

this person portrayed in the game.



Keyword: REVENGER



*** MARIA - knows the truth and keeps showing it to James all the time

(getting killed and being slutty), but can't get him to figure it out.

So, she'll need Laura's unintentional help.



Keyword: TRUTHFUL HALF



*** LAURA - created by Silent Hill to tell James that he hasn't been

treating Mary nice at all/and to mess with him, trick him for that. In

resume, Laura was created to hate James. Is Mary's annoying and

innocent side. Because she was created with freedom and as a real girl

with memories, her innocence led her to believe that her made up

relationship with Mary is true, and keeps looking for her. Doesn't

know that Mary was murdered. Her innocence ends up helping James to

find the truth - the places she visit and the stuff she says and shows

him. Her innocence also allowed James' new personality to gain her

trust, so she treats James a little better at the end of the game.



Keyword: INNOCENT HALF



*** EDDIE - a real man with real issues. His problems concern people

that mock him all the time for being fat and useless. His solution was

to kill every one who makes fun of him. He ends up saying that he and

James are the same - which is true. They are both murderers that were

called to the town to be punished. He is in Silent Hill to remember

James that he too is a murderer.



Keyword: MURDERER 2



*** ANGELA - a real woman with real issues. She has been sexually

abused by her father, her whole life. She is there to tell James that

he is (I'm sorry) a pervert, and to show him that she is not like

Mary. She does have a reason to want death.



Keyword: ABUSED



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Got the Pocket Analysis? Then let us cross all that character

information with the ones given in the story chronologically. Let's

make one simple thing clear - every single fact or character is in

this story to either one of these two things:



1 - To show James that he is a murderer

2 - to show James that his new personality is false, he is selfish and

uses women as objects to fulfill his prime needs.



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S T O R Y A N A L Y S I S



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In this section you will find every single piece of metaphor and

little references to anything. Here is the place for the analysis of

the game, as it goes by. I am going to list over 50 notes that I made

when playing Silent Hill 2 last time. The order of events is the same

as the game's.



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South Vale

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01. JAMES' REFLECTION - Let us start from the first single frame of

animation seen in the game. James already starts the game looking for

an answer. A mirror is a sign of duplication (representing James' new

false personality, created to drive him away from his acts in the

past), but it also can show signs of doubt and self-analysis. James is

uncertain of what is going on since the very first beginning.



02. MARY'S LETTER - "In my restless dreams, I see that town. Silent

Hill. You promised you'd take me there again someday... but you never

did. Well I'm alone there now. In our 'special place'... Waiting for

you". Spooky, huh? Imagine yourself receiving a letter from your dead

wife. This is the first place where James starts questioning his

sanity ("Dead people can't write a letter"). What's to analyze here?

Well, James thinks he is in Silent Hill to find his dead wife. That's

it. But he is in Silent Hill to take off the mask that he put on, to

hide the fact that he is a murderer and a ladies man. After a little

intro on his relationship with his wife (and the mentioning of the

Park as a possible 'special place'), you get to control him again. You

grab the map and go on the direction of Toluca Lake.



03. CEMETERY TALK - On the first meeting with Angela, you talk with

her about your reasons why you're going to Silent Hill. She warns you

that it's not safe. Then, she mentions that she is looking for her

mother, and that her father and her brother are missing, too (which is

weird, because later on you'll find a paper saying that her father

died). Notice that during all her conversations she says a lot of "I'm

sorry", which practically shows that she is an easy going, passive

person. You see that there's something wrong with her.



04. MONSTER SIGHT - James reaches the streets for the first time and

sees someone walking away. He decides to follow it. Knowing that this

monster is a representation of Mary's disease, you could see the first

sign of James' connection with that.



05. RADIO STATIC - When finally facing the first monster of the game,

you get your first weapon and a weird Radio, transmitting only this

weird white static noise. You can hear Mary's voice saying a lot of

unclear things. Among them, you can understand by deduction "James,

I'm here", "Waiting for you" and the most important of all: "Why did

you kill me?". This is the first sign that Mary didn't want to die at

all - and, of course, that James actually killed her. It's amazing how

they easily make you figure out that quote on the second play - but

never on the first one.



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Woodside Apartments

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06. MANNEQUIN CLOTHES - You first enter the apartment building and

then a room with a light catching your attention. Here is the first

clear sexual reference of the game: the mannequin model is wearing

James' dead wife's clothes and holding a Flashlight. The mannequin has

no head, which drives us to the obvious sex reference of woman object.

A body with no face is meant for a man with no heart. Right after

that, we encounter the first Mannequin monster (female legs and female

legs, glued). That is, of course, a live sexual repression: James sees

that "person" or "being" as a double pair of legs.



07. FIRST MEMO - Same room as above. The first memo we get from the

game (not counting the corpse #ed memos, which are merely survival

tips) is the first with plot relevance. I should say that I always get

so nervous in that room that I never noticed the memo until very

recently. The memo is entitled "How to be a happy couple". One of

their tips is to "never turn to another woman", a clear hint for James

to stay away from Maria, because he will never be able to have her

alone. This, also, has intention to warn James that he should never

abandon someone that he loves / that loves him.



08. LAURA, 1ST ENCOUNTER - Now that is a bratty little girl. Stupid,

I'd say. Here's the first sign to Laura's unreal condition: she kicks

away James' key for nothing. It's as if she already knew him (well,

she does, but that is because she is one of Mary's halfs after all).

Not only that, she still mocks him ("Ha-Ha"), as if she really wanted

that and knew exactly what she was doing. She WANTS him to fail his

quest. It's her meaning to the story.



09. PYRAMID HEAD FIRST SIGHT - You first see Pyramid Head with a

deadly red glow. This is intended for James to deal with his guilt and

his executioner identity for the first time. Notice that PH stands

still and, if you are looking directly at him, you should be standing

still too. So it is like one big real-time mirror. It's the first time

that James confronts his true personality - his murderer/perverted

side. Notice also that they are separated by what looks like prison

bars.



10. PYRAMID HEAD RAPE SCENE - The first rape scene from Pyramid Head

is meant for James to indicate his true nature self. I am sorry to say

this, but he is one perverted man. If Pyramid Head represents James,

and PH is raping a monster (<- who also has sexual meaning), we assume

that James is no different than a man that rapes a woman. Well,

obviously enough, PH is raping a Mannequin, that had one of its

comrades dressed as Mary just before. Watching Pyramid Head raping the

monster really messes with James' psyche, because he is sexually

repressed.



11. WALTER SULLIVAN - When you check the garbage downstairs, you'll

find out about this man, Walter Sullivan, who murdered two people and

got arrested. Well, this man claims to have seen a Red Devil, right

before killing himself with a spoon. From this, you could assume

either one of two things: 1 - he saw Pyramid Head and just couldn't

stand being chased by his own guilt... and killed himself; 2 - or,

this Red Devil wasn't Pyramid Head, and he just couldn't stand being

chased by his own guilt... again. The only variable item here is

whether PH appeared or not for Walter. But I believe his actions were

the important thing here, as Walter is like a mix of James (murderer)

and Angela (suicidal).



12. EDDIE IS PUKING - You find Eddie and, right after that, he claims

not to be guilty of murder - his first connection with James. He

clearly killed that person in the kitchen and is just dealing with

that. We don't get to know anything about him, except that he does

have a lot of food to throw up. He is not from Silent Hill, just like

James. A quote to analyze is: "Something brought you here too,

right?". Notice the guilt in that sentence. After you finish the game,

it gets clear that they both needed to be punished and were "invited"

to town for that.



13. RESORT MEMO - Here is a little reference to James' fate by

creating a false personality to the rest of his life. On the Silent

Hill promotion memo there is a phrase that goes like this: "I hope

your memory last forever". Stupid editor Roger. :) He predicted the

whole thing and doesn't even know it. The flyer was about Silent

Hill's vacation pros, like spending your time in Lakeview Hotel or the

Lake. If you cross those informations, you get the final area of the

game: the Hotel as it is in James' memory.



14. PYRAMID HEAD FIGHT #1 - The first boss battle of the game starts

with yet another rape scene by PH. That seems a lot more like oral sex

than penetration, but that's the same cruel act, of course. After

that, you get to fight him. He has this big great knife, which will be

an important analysis item later in the Labyrinth section. After some

time, a huge SIREN sound calls for Pyramid Head - this sound being the

most discussed and mysterious of all. My vision of the siren, in this

game, is merely an evil indicator that James is the same as Pyramid

Head... as, when PH hears it, he goes in that direction; James hears

the Siren in the Historical Society and goes for it, too. That is used

to connect James and Pyramid Head once more.



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Silent Hill Streets

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15. LAURA ON THE WALL - That weird girl comes back even weirder. She

comes saying that "maybe she did kick the key", wanting to make fun of

James. She shows herself even more unreal: when James asks her for a

reason to why is she in town, she just answers "huh? Are you blind or

something?". She thinks he KNOWS about her purpose in the story, but

he doesn't. The climax comes right now, when you can easily say that

she is NOT real and is a part of Mary: out of nothing, she just

'launches' the following: "You didn't love Mary anyway". This proves

that Laura is in Silent Hill to hate James.



16. MARIA AT THE PARK - So, James gets to their so called 'special

place'. This will be one of the most controversial items of this

analysis: James received a letter from one who he thinks is the love

of his life. He finds Maria, who proves to be the person he loved all

along. So, logically, you could say that the letter was from Maria all

along. But let's start from the beginning: James sees this woman that

looks exactly like Mary, "only hair and clothes are different". This

is where you notice how shallow James is. He pictures this woman as a

hot girl, with slutty clothes and weird hair dye. This is not

something that he notices only on the first sight... he keeps going

with that thought later on. There are a few things to analyze in their

talkings. "I'm no ghost", says Maria. The woman comes with a whole new

personality, a personality that James wanted Mary to have all along.

She is forward. The ghost saying means that Maria is tempting James to

believe that he can have her, to make him believe that she's real. Now

things start to get weird. As you're about to leave, Maria stops you

and accuses you of abandoning her right away. This is leading James to

the truth right away - which is one of Maria's reasons to be in Silent

Hill. Now she asks to go with him... the argument she uses? The most

shallow ever, and it works: "I look like her, don't I?"... well, it's

James. Not only that, Maria also says the following: "Maybe you hated

her", predicting the truth again. James is going to be fooled, because

Maria isn't as perfect as he thinks.



17. PROTECT HER! - Well, shouldn't be Maria a representation of his

wife Mary? So your actions on how you protect Maria during this time

being will have influence in your fate. You must protect her in the

streets. If you stay close to her and protect her all the time, the

closure of the game focuses on Maria and how she's cursed to live just

like Mary.

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18. BOWLING WEIRDNESS - James hears a conversation between Laura and

Eddie. Knowing that Laura is a creation of Silent Hill, it's perfectly

understandable that she is visible for Eddie, as her personality is

also part of Eddie's dilemma (she curses and mocks him). Also, another

thing that proves her unreal status is the question that she asks him:

"So, why are you here?". She knows about the town. Now we could assume

that all of that heard conversation is nothing but James'

subconscious. But let's not do that. I believe she really did talk to

Eddie, but that doesn't make her real. She is real in Silent Hill, to

those who are called to Silent Hill. Let's focus on the weird part of

that conversation. Eddie asks Laura if she found Mary yet. So now we

discover that Laura isn't the one half who knows the truth (she

doesn't know that James killed Mary). The one who knows the truth (and

should show that to James) is Maria.



Laura is in Silent Hill with her limitations, to mock James and piss

him off. She is also looking for Mary because, in Silent Hill, she

gains life as a real little girl, who has a purpose and a memory - a

false memory, created for James to think about. She is trying to find

Mary because that is her innocent desire in the town: she doesn't know

that she's Mary's half... she just knows that James treated her badly

and is not a nice person. She doesn't know that he killed her, she's

just an innocent child. Laura was created and given life in Silent

Hill. She wants to find Mary not because the town led her to it, but

because those memories implied to her about Mary are constantly

messing with her mind, making her really think that she actually met a

woman named Mary in a terminal patient aisle. The town gave her some

proofs that James is a lousy husband, and she ended up using those

proofs to help her claim that she actually met Mary. Always remember

that the truth is held with Maria, not with Laura. Laura HELPS you to

find the truth, unintentionally. She was created to mess with your

life and call you names.



19. HEAVEN'S NIGHT - "What does your mom do for a job?", K. Gordon

asks Maria's son. "She is a stripper in a Night Club!". Now tell me if

that isn't a work of a DREAM, of a man who fantasizes too much? When

would James want him a woman that takes off her clothes to tons of

men? That is just a fantasy, a perfect woman that he would like to

TOUCH in a Night Club. Maria is the essence of the perfect woman for

James. It is the fun side that Mary never gave that importance. Maria

is a woman who just wants to have fun with James. Heaven's Night is

the biggest indication that Maria is James' sexual fantasy come true.



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Brookhaven Hospital

===================



We get to Brookhaven Hospital by following Laura. She has some

evidence that Mary is there, so she enters there on her own. It's her

first unintentional help to James.



20. MARIA RESTS AT S3 - When James gets at the S3 Room, Maria asks him

to rest for a while. You can see that she starts giving signs of being

sick, which drives us to confirm that James will never have a perfect

Mary. It's interesting to notice her reason to the headache: "It's

just a hangover". She got too much into her personality :).



21. DIARY ON THE ROOF - How did the night come so quickly? Well,

whatever, James looks at this diary on the roof. Here, his selfish

roots are teased: along with some pain words, we read "Can it be such

a sin to run instead of fight?", meaning: James gave up taking care of

Mary; and the other one: "It may be selfish, but that's what I want".

No explanations needed.



22. JAMES FINDS LAURA... - ... playing with some dolls, focusing on

her innocent side. This is the first time we learn that she never saw

any monsters ("why should I?"). That is because she is Mary's innocent

side, who just wants James to know that he treated her badly. Note

that every time Laura wants to say that he's a bad husband, she just

says it. She doesn't have any line of concept in her thoughts (unreal

nature). Also, she remembers his old personality when she says "You

gonna yell at me if I don't?".



23. THE LOCKED JAMES - Laura tricks him once more into another trap.

Claiming to go look for a letter from Mary, she leads James into a

room and locks him in. Not only that, he faces three monsters that

appear to be inside cages, and hanged... which drives us to the issue

of Mary's death (she died and was trapped in her disease condition).

The monsters also grab James by their legs, meaning another sexual

subtle reference in this game.



24. THE ALTERNATE SILENT HILL - Many people believe that James visits

the Alternate world in Silent Hill twice (in the hospital and on the

hotel). I'd have to disagree with that. I'll explain the hotel part

later, let's focus on telling that this Alternate Silent Hill is your

regular alternate, just like in Silent Hill 1 and 3. This was not

created by James' mind. As much as Harry and Heather live this

alternate SH, it doesn't come from their heads.



25. MARIA ON BASEMENT - Maria starts acting like Mary all over again.

With her fragileness and fear, she screams at James for abandoning

her, again (much like on the park, only this time she's rude). She

also mentions James' other personality issue when she says "Don't ever

leave me alone" and "You're supposed to take care of me". Other than

that, Maria also feels that she must find Laura (without even knowing

her, just to add... which prove their connection). That is simple:

Maria knows that she's not being able to make James figure out the

truth yet. What's her main purpose of being in Silent Hill? Check your

pocket analysis. She is always trying to say the truth to James, but

can't make him figure it out. So what does she plan? She wants to

follow Laura, as she may help her on that thing. She feels that Laura

may find an innocent way to make James remember that he killed Mary...

which is what happens, since we follow Laura to the hospital and then

on the Hotel - two of the most important places in the plot. Of course

it's up to Maria to take care of Laura... they are the same friggin

person. But if that didn't work, Maria already had a backup plan.

Hint: you're about to get to that loooong hallway. She did try to show

him the truth by being slutty and showing him his true desires... but

she didn't try to show him that did he kill Mary. Not yet.



26. TRICK OR TREAT - One of my favorite parts of the game. The main

conversation is pure "James": about murder and punishment. One of the

questions is about a gruesome murder. I believe this is not relevant

to the plot (as the "prize" tells us), but it had a reference to

murder, so I considered important.



27. PYRAMID HEAD KILLED MARIA - The first real reflection of James'

unfair murder happens here. In a long, long hallway, you are supposed

to protect Maria from... yourself. Pyramid Head. Now you may reach

that elevator in time, but Maria ends up being killed. This is Maria's

first attempt to show James the truth about the murder.

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Alternate Silent Hill Streets

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28. JAMES GETTING OUT OF BROOKHAVEN - "I couldn't protect Maria. Once

again, I couldn't do anything... Mary, did you really die three years

ago, or is this just your way of taking?". I believe this talks alone.

James is starting to understand something - that he did not protect

his wife while she was sick. He was not good for her.



29. NEELY'S BAR ALTERNATE - My favorite quote of the game is the one

found here, and it's the one that mostly explains this theory alone.

"If you want to see Mary, you should just die. But you might be

heading to a different place than Mary, James". This is the perfect

accusation. James IS going to hell for what he did, and will never

find Mary again. Why? Because he did not kill her for love. He killed

her to get his life back. He murdered her.



30. THE ABYSS - This is another well-known topic of discussion. We

read this on the "direcktor"'s message: "He who is not bold enough to

be stared at from across the Abyss is not bold enough to stare into it

himself". Let's understand this. What the director is talking about

(by the way, one crazy director) is a mask. James did not have the

courage to face the Abyss (the fact that he is a murderer). So he ends

up fooling himself. James is not able to look into the Abyss because,

in order to do that, he needs to be stared from across it. Meaning: if

James can't be true to his wife or anyone else, he'll never be true to

himself. "Part of that Abyss is in the Society", he says. Well, this

obviously means "Historical Society" and it's there my next

observations - including one from the Abyss.



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The Toluca Prison

=================



31. THE SIREN - The way to the Toluca Prison starts in the Historical

Society. When we get there, we look at these paintings from Silent

Hill, plus one of Pyramid Head. We hear scary sounds down the stairs.

James decides to go down the stairs. We hear a SIREN that appears to

be the one used to call Pyramid Head into that pool of liquid cement,

or whatever. This brings an even bigger connection into James and PH,

referring to them as the same evil entity - called on the same way. By

the way, the whole infinite stairs thing is meant to be James' way of

facing the Abyss for the first time. His first step into recalling his

true personality.



32. SCREWY HOLES - The place seems to be a prison under the sewers,

judging by all the smelly water that runs around the place. Going

forward, you must follow a sequence of some very doubting holes to

jump into. I didn't jump in that hole on my first playthrough. I was

scared, I just did it when I saw that there was nothing else to do.

This is James facing the Abyss again. Going under. Jumping into a dark

hole means taking risks to find the truth. Notice that the place

starts to get screwy, with the rooms upside-down. This is a prediction

of the Labyrinth, which shows that James' mind is changing, and he is

beginning to understand that not everything is like he thought. His

mind is finally open.



33. EDDIE KILLED AGAIN - On the prison entrance, we see Eddie holding a

Revolver, a man killed with bullet holes in his head and the fat still

claims to have killed him; "he made fun of me". He then pulls a Laura

on James and tells him that he was only joking about having killed the

man. Which, obviously, is not true. This shows James that Eddie's

nature is not normal, and James starts connecting to him right now -

when he's beginning to understand stuff beyond reason. Remember that

he just jumped down the Abyss.



34. HOTEL ON FIRE - This predicts the Hotel existing only in James'

memory. The hotel that he enters is nothing but the Hotel as it

existed when he and his wife were there. The painting tells us what

happened to the hotel, to get the conclusion of what does it look like

today.



=========

Labyrinth

=========



35. NO MAN'S LAND - Well, this is when James' mind gets really screwed

up. His mind created a literal Labyrinth, from which he must find his

way out. We can tell for sure that this place does not exist in real

life and is only a fragment of James' mind, working on a solution to

the puzzle he's been through. Hence, a mind Labyrinth.



36. PYRAMID HEAD'S ROOM - James faces his twin antagonist twice in the

Labyrinth. One of these times are in a round corridor, with the

Mandarin monsters chasing James. So, he goes around that corridor and

enters what it looks like a psychotic's room. There are corpses, there

are those cages used to wrap the Hanged monsters in the Hospital,

there is a huge fan (as in all SH's) and the room is red. More

importantly, James finds the weapon that Pyramid Head was using before

- the great Knife. There is the chance for James to truly understand

that he is a murderer just like Pyramid Head - selfish and without any

feelings attached to the act. On the moment that you read "You got a

Great Knife", James faces his greatest connection with Pyramid Head's

existance nature. They are both the same, so... why not use the same

weapons?



37. THE CELL CONVERSATION - For James' surprise, there is Maria at the

prison cell. She is alive and kicking. This conversation is the most

important one of the whole game, as it clears James' naughty nature.

Maria points out that she is NOT Mary (to make James believe that she

is real and could be his), making James grow a little hope inside him,

when she mentions a videotape they made at the hotel. She does this

because this is what the real James personality wants at this moment

to come back: real memories. Maybe by doing this she triggered the

Hotel in James' memory as we see it. Then, she says like four or five

things that indicate James' shallow self ("I am... if you want me to

be"; "Touch me"; "See... I'm real"; "It doesn't matter who I am"; and

the most obvious one, "I can't do anything through these bars"). One

of the game's lessons (about James' true self) is being taught now. He

says that he'll be right back, which triggers Maria to die again

later. Why? Because he insists on trying to save and protect her.

Doesn't he understand? That's the reason why Mary is so upset with

him! He didn't protect her. There is nothing he can do about that.

There is no turning back. Maria being Mary's representation, she knows

that James won't be back in time to protect her. What happens? She

tries to tell him the truth again - she dies.



38. THE NEWSPAPER - Dated "today" (not a year ago, nor three years

ago, but today, as in three years after Mary's death), the newspaper

tells us a story about this man Mr. Orosco, who had a history of

drunkeness and violence with his daughter. He died. By the way: isn't

sad to notice that Angela STILL has visions of her father, even though

he is dead? She doesn't even know that he is dead, because she

mentioned him as "missing" in the cemetery. Well, as she just entered

the next room, she must've read that paper. God rest his stupid, cruel

and selfish soul.



39. THE UTERUS - We enter this room that looks like a coccoon, an

uterus, if you like (those round things remind the penetration

movement, don't they?). There is a monster trying to rape Angela

Orosco, the daughter of that man listed above. Well, that's not her

dad, as he died long ago... this is a monster, and Angela sees the

monster as her father. Simple enough. What James sees is a man merged

to a door, or a bed. After you kill the monster, she starts doubting

James' integrity: "What do you want? I know, you're only after one

thing" (sex, of course); "You could just force me, beat me up like he

always did"; and ends the conversation saying "You only care about

yourself, anyway. Didn't want her around anymore. Probably found

someone else", which is what really happened. Even Angela gets that

James is one selfish perverted man, and he keeps going with the false

personality. You know, you could easily say that this theory about

James' new personality is made up, but there ARE evidences for that,

like the Abyss, Maria's existance and his murder. Now remember

Angela's objective listed in the pocket analysis. It's the same as

Maria's - to make him remember that he is not this James portrayed

here. But that's ok, he's about to kill Eddie... :)



40. MARIA DIES AGAIN - That pretty much is all explained on the cell

conversation topic (#037). James' insistance on trying to protect

Maria got him that.



41. CATACOMB - Well, here we see several tombstones for different

people that really existed, like Walter Sullivan - the murderer. Also,

there is a Miriam K. that is labeled as "Traitor" in the stone. If not

that weird, we get to see three empty holes - one for James, one for

Eddie and one for Angela. Also, did anyone notice that the empty

tombstones are only for those who are real characters in the game?

There is no tombstone for Maria or Laura. So you could say "ah, but

Laura doesn't have a tombstone because she's not a sinner!"... and

Angela is a sinner? I don't think so. That tombstone is not there

because she did something bad... it's just an allowance for her to

kill herself. It's like your bed calling you when you're sleepy. Cruel

analogy.



42. EDDIE FIGHT - James reaches Eddie, as he killed some dude that

made fun of him with his eyes. James gets crazy. "James, you can't

kill someone cause of the way they looked at you!", he says. Eddie's

response is beautiful: "Don't get all holy on me James. This town

called you, too. You and I are the same". This practically put James

in the killer level. Then, the most stupid line in history of the

videogames (well, maybe except the "Jill Sandwich" quote in Resident

Evil gets that prize, but this one must come in second): "From now on,

anyone that makes fun of me, I'll kill 'em! Just like that!". The

conversation is followed: "Eddie, have you gone nuts?" (sitcom laughs

take place), and the battle starts. Then, we move to another room

(ironically full of "dead meat") where Eddie says something pretty

cool - "Doesn't matter if your ugly, pretty, smart, dumb. It's all the

same once yer dead". When James finally kills Eddie, he just loses it.

"I KILLED A HUMAN BEING!", he says. Well, James, you did kill another

one. This happening, along with like 35 other ones, exists for you to

get in your stupid head that you killed your wife for a selfish reason

and IS a murderer, just like Eddie. Also, notice that the weapon that

Eddie is weak to is primarily the Great Knife, which puts James in the

same level as Pyramid Head again. If Pyramid Head is one to punish for

someone's sins, James had just punished Eddie like PH, with his own

weapon.



Eddie's part in the story ends now.



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Lakeview Hotel

==============



After that stupid boring boat trip, you finally get to the best part

of the game: the Hotel James and Mary stayed when they were in Silent

Hill. Enjoy, this is the most beautiful area (in terms of stuff that

occur) of any SH game. A message to those who think Laura is real: I'm

not trying to bash that, but how the hell did Laura get to the hotel

alone?



43. MARY'S LETTER - Behold, the longest post of the Story Analysis.

Did you notice that Laura has been mentioned too much and appeared too

few? Well, that's the concept of a perfectly well written character.

We face this little girl for the third or fourth time here, and she's

more sensitive about James - because her innocence made that happen.

Mary hands a letter to Laura (remember that all the evidences that

Laura gets are all made up - not the facts, the evidences, like the

letters -, for her to tell James and frame his actions as an awful

husband... remember, also, that Laura's innocence made her believe

that she's real and those evidences are for HER, not for James). This

letter tells us that Laura hates James for how he have been treating

his wife lately, and the so commented info about her birthday. Also,

this letter doesn't tell Laura that Mary is going to die. It says that

she'll be in a quiet, beautiful place, and that she is just "gone".

Laura's innocence led her to believe that Mary isn't dead at all, and

that she's right there in the Hotel.



One thing about the birthday issue: we can't tell for sure how long it

has been since Mary died. Yes, the 8 theory may have depth and sense

alone, but it's just incoherent when considering the theory. To assume

that this theory is true, we must assume that Laura is real. And Laura

can't be real... she is too weird to be real, I think I listed enough

indications of her nature. Here's my opinion on the birthday thing:

just like the Hotel from years ago is there, Laura could be one from

years ago, too. So, when you enter the office (1st floor) and read

"this schedule is set for one year ago", you must notice that the

Hotel that we see already IS from the past and that is proved in the

end of the game and with the hotel picture in the prison. So "one year

ago" is read "one year ago plus the time Mary has been sick", which is

set to be more than three years! When Laura says she talked to Mary

last week, she could have, because to her, it's just one week since

Mary was "gone". When JAMES hears it, he shouldn't interpret it like

"Oh my God, Mary died last week", but like this: "this Hotel is NOT

real. Laura is NOT real", which I think are the riddles the game wants

us to solve in the first place! Don't you agree that is too much of a

simple plot twist to say that she died last week? What's great about

that? The real plot twist is that James murdered Mary. The rest are

just informations and indications. The Hotel riddle is more than

known, with the fire and stuff... well, I'm not bashing other

theories, just to double-check... it's just my opinion, as I don't see

any logic in Mary being dead for just a week. If you want a simple

conclusion: Laura is IN the Hotel from years ago. She even plays the

piano and draws in the glass. If she were to see the Hotel as it is

today, if she were in Silent Hill as it exists today, she wouldn't be

able to interact with those objects, which would be burned down, most

likely.



44. THE VIDEOTAPE - That videotape mentioned by Maria appears on a

note in the Reception desk. It says: "Mr. James Sunderland, the tape

you forgot here is been kept in the office, (...)". Then, you find

that tape.



45. THE ROOM 312 - The long wait is over. After experiencing hell in

the hotel with items on the shelf, we get to the Room 312. It is a

normal Hotel room, with a clear view outside. James watches the

videotape, which shows Mary having her first signs of the illness

(meaning that this was their last good memory, as Mary's sickness

launched ever since) and, of course, James killing her. Now that was

no euthanasia. That was cold-blood murder. You know, maybe I judge

James' actions too much when I say that he is a murderer... it's just

that I can't imagine myself killing someone I love. OR anyone. But

well, I'm not James, he's a murderer. He suffocates her with a pillow

and we even get to see her struggle a little (the video is not that

clear).



NOW -> James' world just falls.

His true personality is revealed.



And so, Maria and Laura's prime objectives are accomplished here. They

led James to the truth. With a little help of the lucky item, but

whatever. Laura helped him without knowing and he finally made it to

the end of that videotape. He FINALLY understands that he is a

murderer. He finally goes back to his old selfish personality, as he

(as shocked as he was) acted like he understood all of that. Meaning:

he didn't go berserk "I killed a human being" again. This is the real

James that appeared now. His guilt of killing someone for selfishness

has finally beaten him. That's why Mary was waiting for him in the

Room 312. For him to find out the truth. To remember the way he

treated her and killed her. He needed their one LAST good memory to

interact with the real evidences of his murder.



Laura enters the room. Destined to find Mary, with hope in her heart,

she hears something from the one man she hates: "I killed her". Now,

Laura plays her part in the story. All she did until now is tied to

this occurance: "You didn't care about her! She was always waiting for

you! Why? I hate you, I hate you, I hate you, I hate you...". She told

James what he needed to hear. Plus, she'll never find Mary again. So,

we can tell for sure that:



Laura's part in the story ends now.



James finally woke up.



46. THE ACTUAL STUFF - After James discovers his true self, after

Laura and Maria's mission are accomplished, James sees the Hotel as it

is right now: destroyed and soaking wet from the Fire Dept. The water

has runned down to the basement, which is more of a pool right now.

There are Fire Dept. banners blocking your way to some rooms. This is

simple to understand, as James has just brought back from his false

personality, his "false world" he created to dodge his past actions.



47. ANGELA'S ASHES - We finally get to see Silent Hill in Angela's

point of view. Destined to walk on the stairs of doom, she confuses

James with her mother. When she feels his face, she knows it's James.

What's that about? Did she get blind or something? Even so, she talks

to him wanting her knife back. "Keeping it for you, huh?". "No, I'd

never kill myself!". Of course not. You are a selfish man. Even if you

KEEPED and examined it several times, you'd end "in water", which

still means a selfish act. Angela then says: "Will you take care of

me? Love me? (James' selfish thoughts come now. He doesn't want

another wife to take care. He learned his lesson, he wants to be alone

now, in peace)... that's what I thought". Then she goes up the flames,

in one of the most beautiful game scenes ever designed.



Angela's part in the story ends now.



48. DUAL PYRAMID HEAD FIGHT - Maria is on a platform, upside-down. Two

Pyramid Heads are now staring at James, as if they were just waiting

for him, to then do something. Maria screams, and one of the Pyramid

Heads kill her. Again. Then, James just drops on his knees. Now that

he has finally awakened, he understands that act:



James: "I was weak. That's why I needed you.... needed someone to

punish me for my sins.... but that's all over now.... I know the

truth.... now it's time to end this."



Now here we may have a doubt of who was he talking about. I believe he

was talking about both Pyramid Head and Maria, because they were both

used to punish him for his sins. Now it was time to end this... and he

did. Why were two Pyramid Heads? Well, that's up to you. Many people

believe that another one showed up in order to punish him for Eddie's

death (like me), others say it's just to make the game cool, others

say it's just to raise his sinner condition after watching the whole

videotape thing. I believe it's the Eddie thing (and it's the most

pertinent to the theory). Well, James defeats the PHs and doesn't need

them anymore, because he already took off that mask. He is the old,

selfish James. By the way, the song in this fight is the most

apocalyptical song I've ever heard in my life. Even more apocalyptical

than the "2001: A Space Odyssey" one.



And so, Pyramid Head's part ends now.



49. HALLWAY CONVERSATION - This is the perfect ending for the game, at

least in my opinion. By reading this or not, you should be able to

understand every single feeling and fact in this story.



Mary: "What do you want, James?"

James: "I, uh, I brought you some flowers..."

Mary: "Flowers? I don't want any damn flowers. Just go home already."



As far as I understood, Mary got tired of how pitiful she was looking

with the disease and stuff (she really was sad knowing she's about to

die and no one has been able to do anything to help her). BUT, also,

she was tired of having James, a husband that doesn't take care of her

and thinks that an action of love in a situation like that is to bring

flowers. Of course that is wrong.



Mary: "James.... Wait.... please don't go.... stay with me. Don't

leave me alone. I didn't mean what I said. Please James.... tell me

I'll be okay. Tell me I'm not going to die. Help me..."



She is desperate. She is begging for him to understand her disease

condition, and that all she needs is James himself. I can't imagine

Mary's face when James left that room, it just makes me wanna cry. I

think a true husband that loves his wife would never abandon her like

he did.



But, on the other hand, you begin to understand James' feelings too.

Imagine yourself entering a hospital room every single day for years,

to see a person that made you happy for so long. That's why I said

that in the beginning of the analysis: you're not supposed to judge

James' selfishness... you're supposed to understand it. This is also

why I didn't analyze the Recording. James had just asked for how long

did his wife have to breathe. It doesn't matter if the doctor

"mentioned" three years of disease. What did matter were James'

feelings at that time, not the clue for "Mary's death time". Those did

not mean feelings of one person that loves another. If he loved Mary,

he wouldn't have given up taking care of her. He said like someone

that cared for Mary... but he did not ACT like that. I still think

it's irrelevant whether she died three years or not, but it's certain

that she did not die last week.



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And so, this brief analysis reaches its end. As I said in the

character analysis section, the conclusions of this story are written

in your pocket analysis (or that section) that you printed (or copied

to another document, or neither). Every fact that has been written

here is confirmed as conclusion in each character's analysis.



The end of this story, the part where it's up to multiple conclusions,

is above. All that comes after, including the last boss, are just

meant for the game itself, to have multiple endings to unlock. You'll

see why I said this, right here:

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To "analyze" the endings, just grab the character analysis (pocket

analysis), check the involved items to gain that ending (below) and

compare them to the characters. This has no relevance to the theory

whatsoever, it's just a fun thing to do with your pocket analysis that

you'll surely throw at the garbage. For example: in order to

understand the "in water" ending, just look at what do you need to

accomplish during the game for it (thanks to Matt Clark's Endings FAQ

for those below):



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In Water

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- examine Angela's knife often

- read the diary on the hospital roof

- read the second message to James in Neely's Bar

- stay at low health

- listen to the headphone and hallway conversation



What do we get from that? By examining Angela's knife, James thinks

more and more about Angela's way of taking the suffering: she wants to

kill herself. By examining a suicide weapon, James' chances of killing

himself grow. If you read the diary on the roof, you are going to

notice two messages: "Can it be such a sin to run instead of fight?"

and "It may be selfish, but that's what I want"... both mean a leaning

to giving up life. Reading the second message at Neely's bar gives

James a feeling that he doesn't have much to do anymore. He's about to

go to hell, what else should he do? Well, staying at low health is

pretty self-explained, you just don't care about your life anymore.

Finally, listening to the headphone and hallway conversation, your

guilt is added to those elements accomplished before, so James

practically makes his decision to kill himself there. This is the

selfish ending.



Now do that with the other endings.



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Maria

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- try to return to Mary's cell after she's dead

- stay close to Maria

- revisit the S3 room when she's resting

- make sure Maria receives very little damage



DON'T:



- examine Mary's picture and letter

- bump into Maria

- examine Angela's knife



If you don't feel like doing the thing, I'll explain it. If you stay

close to Maria and protect her, you are obviously getting one second

chance. As we see in the ending, James is really receiving a second

chance because Maria WILL start developing Mary's disease all over

again. So, it's up to him to take really good care of her this time.

He chooses to be happy with Mary's nice and fun side, even though he

knows that she'll end up getting ill. This is the ending where James

really concerns about Maria's health, besides remembering Mary's best

memories together. This is a beautiful ending, in my opinion. It's the

love ending.



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Leave

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- listen to the entire hallway conversation

- examine Mary's picture and letter once in a while

- stay always at max health



DON'T:



- stay close to Maria



This is the hard one. By choosing Laura, James realizes, in my

opinion, that Mary was right all along and needed to warn him, even

though it was by Laura. So, by "adopting" Laura, James is just

accepting a new way of punishment - to stay with the side of his wife

that he most hated, to the rest of his life. It's a nobel action. This

is the punish ending.



So that's simple after all: all the endings just depend on which

character did James give more attention in the whole game - Angela,

Maria or Mary (Laura).
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