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Sarah's Neglect Themes

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Neglect is an obvious theme of the novel. First, Sarah has visual neglect, which does not allow her to see anything on her left side. People and food magically appear, when they walk into her line of vision or she rotates her plate of food. She struggles to use the left side of her body for simple tasks. Reading, drawing, and writing become nearly impossible and she needs signals such as a diamond watch to be able to locate the left side of her body. The visual neglect turns her world a full 180 degrees, and the whole message behind the novel is that sometimes you have to slow down and enjoy the little things you have always misses. 2. As stated before, another point of neglect is from Sarah’s mother. Since Sarah’s older brother passes away

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