Ackman wrote:
She meets Hockley after he runs into her. They fall in love at first, but then he gets all jackass and controlling. I make Cal's father molest him, that's why he's like he is.
it is too easy to write off Cal being a jackass to being molested. Look up Social Darwinism on Google, (A discredited social theory which states that the level a person rises to in society and wealth is determined by their financial and genetic background).see why in that era social classes felt entitled to use and discard people of the 'lower' classes. He bought Rose, (and Rose's family sold her to him) That takes far more privileged a social mindset than molestation, as Rose's family are of the same mind set to agree to deliver their daughter to Cal.