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Sam Griffith
After ever after
In After ever After, there is clearly a group
separate from the rest of the world. The book details cancer patient’s
separation from the world. It talked of how people who were outside of the
patient bubble reacted to them and how they treated them. It also explained how
having cancer affects you and separates you from the rest of the world.
People seem to be scared of Jeffrey and his best friend Tad.
They have both been though chemo therapy and survived cancer. Now they are
treated almost like a time bomb, at any minute they become deadly and
explosive. Family members look at them differently and are more cautious around
them. Kids at school are always giving strange sympathetic looks. People are
afraid of offending them for any reason. Because of this they get special
perks. When they miss homework teachers will let it slide, athletes take
pictures with them, and celebrities give signatures and shake their hands. However,
very few people want to hang out with a kid who has gone through cancer and
could experience all over again.
Cancer also affects you as an individual. Tad is a prime
example. All of the harsh and scaring procedures tad has left him in a wheel
chair. More importantly, it has left him cynical and sarcastic. He makes crude
comments and harshly judges and teases the people around him. He makes fun of songs written about cancer
that are supposed to support him. He has become a salty and stale mess. He
makes fun of his best, and only, friend.
You learn from After ever After that cancer creates separate
groups of people. While the whole world fears cancer patients and pushes them
away, some cancer patients fear the world and push themselves away.
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