History Characters / TheDevilAllTheTime

* CoolGun: His Luger P08 that was used by his father during the war. Arvin uses the gun [[spoiler: to kill Preston to avenge Lenora, defend himself from Carl and Sandy, who are murderers, and defeat Sheriff Lee Bodecker, who is hunting him down.]]

* BigBrotherInstinct: He is fiercely protective of Lenora, his half sister. [[spoiler:When he learns that Preston is responsible for getting her pregnant and her eventual suicide, he hunts him down, stalks him and eventually kills him.]]

* CoolGun: His P08 Luger that was used by his father during the war. Arvin uses the gun [[spoiler: to kill Preston to avenge Lenora, defend himself from Carl and Sandy, who are murderers, and defeat Sheriff Lee Bodecker, who is hunting him down.]]

* GainingTheWillToKill: When [[spoiler: Lenora]] dies, Arvin crosses his moral lines and steals the Luger gun in order to [[spoiler: kill Preston for being responsible for her death.]] Later he [[spoiler: kills two Serial Killers for trying to murder him, and finally, guns down the CorruptHick who wants to save his image for the upcoming elections.]]

* CorruptHick: [[spoiler:Lee doesn't care about his sister's crimes and is instead more focused on winning an election. This comes back to bite him when Arvin shoots him and leave the evidence of Carl and Sandy's murders.]]

* NiceHat: He wears a small baseball cap for the majority of the movie.

* SanitySlippage: Loses his composure after Arvin [[spoiler: kills his sister]] and begins to shoot his shotgun in random directions complete with anger.

* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:He refuses to take responsibility for making Lenora pregnant and simply brushes it off as her being delusional.]]

->'''Played by:''' Mia Wasikowska

->'''Played by:''' Jason Clarke

->'''Played by:''' Harry Melling

* TheSociopath: Uses his charm to [[spoiler:manipulate Lenora into having sex with him, displays a profound LackOfEmpathy when she tells him about her baby, and doesn't care one bit when she died. His demeanor when Arvin confronts him is unnaturally stoic, at least [[VillainousBreakdown at first]].

* TheSociopath: Has zero remorse in killing his victims.

* [[spoiler:HeelFaceDoorSlam: Before she can atone for her actions, Arvin ends up killing her for pointing a gun to his head.]]

* AntiHero: Arvin is a tough and broken person who has endured a lot of pain from bullying, losing his parents, and his eventual loss of his half sister Lenora. Despite this, he cared a lot about his family and goes so far to kill Preston for pushing Lenora into suicide.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He is fiercely protective of Lenora, his half sister. [[spoiler:When he learns that Preston is responsible for getting her pregnant and her eventual suicide, he hunts him down, stalking his actions and eventually kills him.]]
* CoolGun: his P08 Luger that was used by his father during the war. Arvin uses the gun to kill Preston to avenge Lenora, defended himself from Carl and Sandy, who are murderers, and defeating Sheriff Lee Bodecker, who is hunting him down.
* GainingTheWillToKill: When Lenora dies, Arvin crosses the moral lines and steals the Luger gun in order to kill Preston for being responsible for her death. Later he kills two Serial Killers for trying to murder him, and finally, gunning down the CorruptHick who wants to save his image for the upcoming elections.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his tough personality, he was devastated that [[spoiler:Lenora was forced to commit suicide for being pregnant]] and goes to kill Preston so no one would suffer the same fate as her.
* KillingInSelfDefense: Guns down Carl and Sandy after discovering that they're murderers.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: [[spoiler:Lenora's suicide pushes Arvin to cross the line to murder since he finally snapped.]]
* NiceHat: He wears a small baseball cap during the entire movie.
* TraumaCongaLine: Don't you hate it when your mother gets cancer and your violent father kills your dog and skins it and crucifies it above his "prayer log" as a sacrifice and it doesn't work and your mother dies and your father cuts his own throat directly under the corpse of your dog and your adopted sister gets DrivenToSuicide by a corrupt preacher so you snap and kill the preacher and flee town but then your car breaks down and you hitch a ride with a nice couple of Serial Killers whom you only barely escape from with your life and finally you return to your burned-down childhood home to bury the remains of your dog and then out of nowhere a corrupt shotgun-wielding sheriff turns up to murder you? Yep, Arvin has endured them all in a span of a day or two.

* DriventoSuicide: Subverted, she initially tries to commit suicide, but changes her mind at the end. Unfortunately, she loses her footing and ends up dying.
* MoralityChain: She is the sole reason why Arvin is reserved. After her suicide, he immediately went to stalk Preston and kill him.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: She is the reason why Arvin is able to cross the line to murder, but also saving other people's lives from suffering the same fate as hers.

* HateSink: [[spoiler:Is an absolute monster who traps his wife in a violent relationship and murders people by offering them false rides. It became satisfying after Arvin kills him.]]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Ends up dying at the hands of Arvin, who murdered him before he can kill him.]]

* [[spoiler:HeelFaceDoorSlam: Before she can atone herself, Arvin ends up killing her for pointing a gun to his head.]]

* CorruptHick: [[spoiler:Lee doesn't care about his sister's crimes and focus on winning an election. This comes back to bite him when Arvin shoots him and leave the evidence of Carl and Sandy's murders.]]
* SanitySlippage: Loses his composure after Arvin kills his sister and begins to shoot his shotgun in random directions complete with anger.

* BlatantLies: Preston really knows how to get away with his lies. Unfortunately, this caused Arvin to kill him in revenge.

* KarmicDeath: Was shot three times by Arvin, who has had enough of his lies.
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:He refused to take responsibility for making Lenora pregnant and simply brushes it off with her being delusional.]]

* TooDumbToLive: Remains aloof and irresponsible for Lenora's death. This caused him to be killed by an angry Arvin, who shoots him three time before blasting a hole in his head.