IT Chapter 2: Adrian Mellon And The Derry Gay Hate Crimes Explained | Character Biography Breakdown
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The story of Adrian Mellon ironically opens in IT Chapter 2 with Police Chief Andrew Rademacher and Assistan DA Tom Boutillier questioning three suspects who reportedly carried out the murder of a young man.
That man is Adrian Mellon, who after the Canal Days Festival which runs from July The 15th to July 21st was found badly beaten with a huge tear in his armpit. Mellon was a gay man that adored Derry even though he knew there was a vicious undertone to the entire town that was steeped in homophobia.
Beating on Mellon they eventually threw him over the edge of a bridge into the canal which is where he struggled to swim. We see minor clips of this in the recently released IT Chapter 2 trailer and similar to that first look, Mellon is helped from the water by Pennywise the clown. What we don’t see from the trailer is that after this Pennywise begins to feast on Mellon and he actually the one responsible for his death, though it is the teens that take the fall for it.
During interrogation they try to tell the Chief and Assistant DA about the clown that they all saw under the bridge and whilst they officers listen, they realise that it’s best not to delve too deeply into the dark side of the town. What’s worse about this story is that Don, Mellon’s boyfriend, too co-oberates their story and also witnesses the clown which he tries to tell the two lawmen about.
Unfortunately the Chief and Assistant DA realise that whilst there could be some legitimacy to the it, if the clown element is introduced to the investigation that it could completely destroy the case should it be put infront of a judge. What the book does expertly is that it tackles the ethical problem that both of these characters are faced with. They do believe that the teens were homophobic and do deserve to do time for the attack, however they also realise that they could walk free completely if the truth is revealed.
It’s a really gripping read that keeps you turning page after page as readers can easily put themselves in the position of the Chief who has to tackle the moral quandry of whether to put a group of dangerous thugs behind bars even if it’s based on a lie.
In the end Garton, Dubay and Unwin are all convicted of manslaughter and are sentenced to Thomaston State Prison, Shawkshank State Prison and South Windham Boys Training Facility respectively. We learn that at the trial there was no mention of a clown from either side and thus the killings carried out by Pennywise are allowed to continue which cements that the Chief fell victim to his own prejudices.
What’s most tragic about the entire ordeal is that we also learn that Mellon had agreed to leave the town with his boyfriend Don though he never got the chance to because of the attack.
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