He drove me, screaming, to the fringes of my mind

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"He drove me, screaming, to the fringes of my mind." (a son about his father) I'm a bit confused. It's the father who was screaming, not his son, am I correct?Another thought is that maybe the "screaming" have some figurative meaning... but it's just a thought...Please, comment.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Dark Fury It's the father who was screaming, not his son, am I correct?

No, it is presumably the speaker who is screaming.

Dark Fury maybe the "screaming" have some figurative meaning... but it's just a thought

Yes, it is just in his thoughts.

Dark FuryI'm a bit confused.

You must understand the story or context; otherwise, much of any language is ambiguous.

Dark Fury · Answer

Hm, now I'm very confused, not just a bit. Please, elaborate on your explanation.
That 'screaming' looks and sounds out of the ordinary (to me, of course). The context doesn't explain me much. Did his father used to scream at his son? Probably, yes. Did the son screams with pain or something else. Maybe. I only know for sure that he (the son) isn't screaming now (when he tells about his childhood).
But I'll give you some significant lines:
He kept everything from me. With every word, every test, every gift... he was raising me to be a killer. Again and again, he tortured me... looking for his perfect killer. He drove me, screaming, to the fringes of my mind.
The tortures was probably physical; the son was kept locked in some research lab; the father was a scientist trying to make a perfect killer.
That's all I have, It's a side story without much detail provided.

My current versions are:
(1) His father drove him to fringes of his mind, making him ready to scream,
(2) His father drove him to fringes of his mind, making him scream in his thoughts.

He drove me, screaming, to the fringes of my mind

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