Growing up I saw my dad do charity work for children with health issues. That had a profound effect on me.
I wanted to play sports my whole life. That's all I really wanted to do.
To me I'm just a regular person going to the mall with friends and now I'm...
Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon Harry Potter triumphing over the basilisk. That is their inner grammar and the whole shape of the story leads towards it.