![]() ![]() ![]() More books would you like by author JOHN GREEN The Author’s Connection:Īza’s anxiety and struggles are clearly a personal story for Green, who’s struggled with anxiety for most of his life. Or, when trying to hang out with her best friend, she keeps getting distracted by the idea that the cut on her hand needs cleaning. ![]() While she’s kissing the quirky-John-Green-hero boy she likes, she compulsively thinks about the idea that the microbes on his tongue are infecting her body. Hence, the reader is permanently trapped inside Aza’s head, where she fails time and again to redirect her thoughts away from the destructive cycles. The story is told in a strictly first-person perspective until Aza’s intrusive thoughts become overwhelming enough for her to split into other views. I’ll stand down.”Īza’s obsessive monologue that brings to front her inner thoughts is the heart of Turtles All the Way Down. “Please let me go,” Aza tells her unwanted thoughts at a particularly helpless moment. It also tries to talk her spiral ideas down. The sensible part of her sees a therapist and fitfully takes medication. The conflict between her rational self and compulsive thoughts often strikes her as interesting. Readers spend long stretches listening to the thoughts and sometimes ramblings inside Aza’s head. Her urge to put a hand sanitizer in her mouth to rinse herself off the bacteria is solid and dangerous. The possibility of contracting an infection, something as human as the prospect of sweating, not being able to pause, or touching someone sweating are some of the thoughts that spiral in her head. Aza can’t stop herself from worrying about the rumble in her gut or the breeding microbes therein. And that’s partly true in Aza’s case as well: Her character has a self-inflicted wound on her finger, which she puts pressure on when anxious, and it continually reopens.īut her repetitive and intrusive thoughts are the actual torture. It’s unmanaged and evident in her everyday actions.īased on general knowledge, people tend to associate O.C.D. The Plot (No Spoilers):Īt the center of Turtles, All the Way Down is Aza Holmes, aged 16, suffering from anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder. But at its heart lies Aza Holmes, a young woman navigating daily existence within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts. The story begins with a runaway billionaire and the guarantee of a cash reward. Turtles All the Way Down by the famous John Greene essentially talks about lifelong friendships, the intimacy when an unexpected reunion occurs, and Star Wars fan fiction. And what is the best medium to speak about a sensitive topic, if not fiction? One of the many ways to talk about mental health is through writing. People perceive it as a taboo topic because they don’t know enough. Do we talk about mental health enough? Has it ever happened that you hesitated to mention to someone that you take/ or want to try therapy? ![]()
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