Also, leaving the viewer with the sense of Hoover’s fear of the attack on the American way of life and his determination to fight back. Next, the director cuts to Hoover returning home to be greeted by a crazed man sitting on his porch. Hoover pauses, grits his teeth and walks the house, ignoring his insane fathers delirious ramblings for help. After he enters the home and lovingly greets his mother, the scene cuts to an adolescent J. Edgar listening intensely as his mother makes a prophetic statement about his rise to become the most powerful man in the country. Also exposing her fondness for him over his, seemingly, older brother by stating, “your brothers a good man, Edgar, but you will restore our family to greatness.” Obviously, there