Conor's Analysis of Grief

Conor goes thru the five stages of grief. He goes through isolation, denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. He feels isolated because no one punishes him for the trouble he keeps getting himself into. Like when his teacher does not punish him for beating up another child in front of the whole school she knew he had bigger problems to face and her punishing him would not change anything. He gets into a depressed stage from being isolated from people and that is why he starts to see the monster because he has no one to really talk to about what he is going thru. The monster was like his getaway from reality into a fantasy for not dealing with the world.  Conor also goes thru denial because he ignores what everyone is telling him about his mom. He does not take it seriously what anybody tells him or thinks he has to be right. Anger is something Conor does threw out the whole book he gets mad at his dad for coming when he has not visit him in a very long time and especially since it is not a holiday and he only can stay for a little while with him. Conor is also angry with his friend Lily for defending him in front of the other guys and spreading rumors about his mom. Conor begins to bargain in his dream with the monster to help him with his mom. In the end he lets reality hit him and he accepts what has to happen. Conor goes thru the emotional journey of understanding reality and maturity. He learns “it’s about guilt comes from denial, and the healing comes from truth.”