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Jason In Crazy

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One Page Paper: Crazy A child taking care of a parent sounds like something out of an alternate universe. However, in Han Nolan’s novel, Crazy, that is the reality for fifteen year-old Jason, who is living with his mentally ill father. This book perfectly fits the criteria for Bourgeois/Domestic Tragedy. Jason’s story begins in a two-bedroom house with no heating or cooling and little to eat, accompanied by his mentally ill father and imaginary friends. Much of this is a result of his mother’s death, which occurs a few years before the events of the novel take place. The first element of this book that represents a Bourgeois/Domestic Tragedy is how family-centric the plot is. At first, Jason is set on keeping his best-kept secret; his father’s instability. He …show more content…

After irritating his English teacher one too many times, he is forced into a lunchtime support group where he meets three new, real friends with whom he bonds with and creates a family of sorts- a place where they all belong. The final family present is the foster family Jason is placed with after his father’s condition is discovered, where he finally gets to experience a healthy home life that helps him get his grades back up and focus on himself a little more. The second key component is that the events of the book are very realistic. Shocking as it may seem, this type of poor home environments portrayed in the story, including mentally unstable parents, alcoholic parents, and dying parents. The final major component is the lesson Jason learns at the end of the story. Through his experience with his foster family, Jason has become accustom to what many would consider a “normal” life, and hasn’t seen his father in many months. Once presented with the opportunity, he is

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