What goes through the mind of a criminal? Is it really all that different from you and me? If they too bleed red, do they not also feel the same pains as other people? Do they not also desire to attract the same things - like security, connection, success...even love? When you read the words, the private thoughts and feelings of Harry Hardcore, you might forget that he doesn't get to go home at night, that he hasn't (for years) had a vacation or spent any holidays with his family - and may never do so again. It may be hard to imagine how bizarrely different his life is from yours because his emotions are so familiar that they could easily be your own.