I havn't read those book's or seen that film,but can relate,for although we are in control of are lifes,the steering wheel is in are hands and are foots on the gas and brake,who or what we are is a crazy mix of the past and present. The old cleshay "I'LL NEVER BE LIKE MY FOLKS" is a joke and i'm shure they said the same thing when they we young.
I just watched the DOC. "SEVEN DUMPSTERS AND A CORPSE" and found my self laughing my ass off and so did they,as the two brothers cleaned their dead mothers house up and relived their family history,good times and bad times! In doing so they learn more about what made them who they are,"ITS SO TRUE"!!!
HAPPY HOLLIDAYS!!