In Halloween, I viewed the characters as simply normal teenagers. Laurie, Jamie Lee's character, was shy and somewhat repressed. And Michael Myers, the killer, is definitely repressed. They have certain similarities.
“My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next day someone's wrapping fish in it.”
“If little green men land in your back yard, hide any little green women you've got in the house.”