Then there is a dissolve into Todd's room. Todd is alone in his room surrounded by pictures of the holocaust, and is remembering Dussander's words. Then Todd's image is superimposed over a gas chamber door. A Nazi swastika, which is next to that door, is superimposed on Todd's shoulder, and this symbolizes the strength of Todd's obsession. The camera then zooms into the door, and the scene ends with a cut to a close up of Todd in Dussander's house listening to the old man's story. .
After this, Todd degenerates still further. His grades slip, he becomes impotent, and has a hard time studying. There is a scene about fifty minutes into the movie that shows how strong his obsession is becoming. He is studying and has vivid memories and hallucinations about Nazis, Dussander, and the holocaust. The rapid montage of images swirling in Todd's brain is almost subliminal in its effect. The scene ends with Todd riding his bike home through a tunnel. He looks confused, as his mind is preoccupied with all that Dussander has said to him. The boy then sees a Nazi swastika scrawled on the tunnel side. He then hears Dussander's words, "Be careful, you play with fire," and Todd crashes his bike. .
Todd's growing obsession is significant as it becomes fertile ground for the seed of evil within him that is waiting to be nourished by Dussander. This is shown by the many links that are established between Dussander and Todd.
First, a link between the two is established by a close up of both Dussander and Todd, each in their own house, laying awake in bed, thinking. .
Second, when Todd is practicing shooting baskets (and doing terrible), he sees a pigeon with a broken wing and kills it by smashing the basketball on it. You could not call it a mercy killing, because most people would not kill it, but would contact the humane society. Killing it was unnecessary cruelty. The killing of the pigeon takes place after the scene where Dussander tries to kill the cat.
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