Someone Else First

A disillusioned man contemplates suicide in a world he believes has betrayed the core values learned from his family's sixty years history. Contrary to those values he decided to kill 'someone else first.' This family saga explores the impact of America's shifting moral fabric by questioning whether salvation or ruin is derived from homicide. The McFarlane family history from the Depression through World War Two with the tragic loss of a son in the Vietnam War is the background for a man's developed belief that his baby boomer generation has lost its moral compass. His heart is with the Greatest Generation while he struggles with a post sixties life not of his choosing. Tormented by rigid ideals that are battered and pushed aside in his attempt to live in accordance with his perception of his parents' footsteps, despair and anger come to the forefront.