Have you ever waved eagerly at someone suspecting them to be an old friend? How about planning a viscous revenge on someone and taking it out on someone you suspected to be an old friend?
A history of violence does just that. It mimics the awkward connection people have with mistaken identity. However, the consequences are displayed as being more sever than a bashful "Whoops, wrong guy". This film also exemplifies the humanistic need to feel justified with revenge.
In a corresponding social matter, nations feel it as a necessity to "pay back" exterior border intruders. For example- the United States going after Iraq for blowing up the Trade centers, when the country that committed the crime was Afghanistan. Mistaken identity. This can also be interpreted as unnecessary aggression. As seen in the film "A History of Violence", man hood was at stake.
Tom was never in the spot light with his ordinary (plane) family, so the chance to be a hero gave him the manly jolt he needed. It was the violence of the media that misconstrued his purpose. The media made him raw- and out there for revenge seekers to beat him blue until they felt better about them selves.
The transcending of aggression is what got Tom mixed up with angry men from "his" past.
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