I do not think their primary motivation for killing their father was for themselves. I believe that their primary motivation was not to end their own suffering, but to end their younger siblings suffering. I think that the older boys ultimately endured the brunt of their father’s abuse to spare their younger siblings. One example of enduring punishment was when, Herman and Druie were forced to shoplift. Herman, who was the oldest, would purposely get less so his younger brother wouldn’t get the beating. The close relationship the children had with each other was what kept them going and enduring the abuse. Even the way they sat on the bus showed them being protective of their younger siblings. Every day they would let their two youngest siblings