My group is almost finished with the book. Overall I’m glad I picked this book to read. It provides a surreal depiction of how people act towards mentally disabled people. When someone goes through a traumatic experience like Jersey and comes out disabled there are many ways people can react. Simply, some people will treat him nice while some may treat him bad. This was the case with Jersey’s old friends before he tried to kill himself. They were really mean to him because Jersey was better than them at everything before the injury and now he is barely able to walk right so they take advantage of him. On the other hand, on of Jersey’s friend’s sisters is going out of her way to help Jersey and make sure no one messes with him. I find this kind of courage something we need more of in this world.
There is also a connection between Jersey and Charlie from ‘Flowers for Algernon.’ Charlie’s old self was still with the smart Charlie even after the surgery. In ‘Trigger’ Jersey also has the same type of thing happen. Whenever Jersey is in his room his old self before the injury starts ‘talking’ to him. This is almost a direct connection to Charlie.
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