Lyle's diagnosis: Hal loathes Ingersoll because he sees himself in the boy

texture · YDAU, diagnosis "some weeks back," recalled 3 Nov

• When: YDAU (2009), diagnosis "some weeks back," recalled 3 Nov
• What: Hal has "acquiesced to Lyle's diagnosis" that his urge to be cruel to Evan Ingersoll — a "smart soft caustic kid… a quick intelligence he squanders on an insatiable need to advance some impression of himself" — is really self-recognition: "Hal sees in the kid certain parts of himself he can't or won't accept." A window into Hal's self-image and his rapport with the guru Lyle.