He admits, even to a priest during confession that he doesn’t believe in God. Maya and Dwight stand by him in the days ahead, and Maya frequently asks questions to better understand Adam’s experiences.Īdam, who comes from a nonreligious family, attends a Catholic school. Adam tries to push her away, but she argues it is her choice to make whether she stays with him. Only after Adam is hospitalized does Maya learn the truth. Ian reveals Adam’s disorder to everyone at the dance, and Adam makes a scene. He saves up some of his pills and takes too many before prom. He has promised to take her to prom and plans to go through with it, despite his waning mental state.
One gives hope, the other takes it away.Īdam still hasn’t told Maya about his mental illness or the drug trials.
One says come as you are, but the other passes judgement. One phrase says “Jesus loves you” and the other next to it says, “Don’t be a homo.” He feels these phrases epitomize his circumstances because they contradict each other, like everything in life. They begin to wean him off the drug.Īdam sometimes refers back to the words he’s seen scrawled on the bathroom walls of school. Just when Adam has achieved a sense of normalcy, the researchers decide the ToZaPrex is too dangerous for him. When the annual Stations of the Cross play comes around, Adam is assigned the role of Jesus. Adam also spends time with a goofy but faithful friend named Dwight. He looks right at Adam, indicating he knows about Adam’s disorder.Īdam and Maya’s relationship continues to develop, and they become sexually intimate. Ian says that someone like that should have killed himself. When a boy with a mental illness kills dozens at Sandy Hook Elementary, teachers and administrators who know about Adam’s schizophrenia are uncomfortable with his being there. He’s more able to silence the voices in his head. The drug seems to be helping Adam, and he’s feeling more confident in his ability to manage life. They become friends, and Maya encourages Adam to join her on the academic team. Later, Adam saves Maya from drowning in a pool. A snob named Ian, whose parents are big donors, ditches Adam when he’s supposed to show him around.Īdam runs into a girl named Maya who helps him get to class. He, his mom and stepdad, Paul, aren’t particularly religious, so he makes frequent jabs at his Catholic institution. Agatha’s because of problems at his former school. He writes to the therapist in a journal, where he lays out his most intimate thoughts and feelings.Īdam is starting the year at St. Adam is glad to be part of a drug trial for a new medication called ToZaPrex, but he refuses to talk to his therapist about his life. There’s a mob boss and his henchmen and a number of other people. There’s a girl named Rebecca, whose moods mirror his own. He frequently sees people who aren’t there, and he has a whole cast of characters in his head.
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