I am The Cheese Review

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In the book I am the Cheese by, Robert Cormier, there are lots of twists in the plot. The main character, Adam Farmer a.k.a. "A" and Paul Delmonte, is a resident in a mental hospital. Throughout the story is woven an account of Adam Farmer's bike trip to Rutterburg Vermont in search of his father. It appears that in this story Adam never leaves the grounds of the mental hospital. The journey takes place in his mind.

As Adam starts his trip, he meets an old man at a gas station who calls Adam "Skipper" and "...has white hair and a face with so many red and blue veins that it resembles the road map in his hands..."(page 23). This old man helps Adam with directions. This is important because at the conclusion of the book, Adam is called "Skipper" by Mr. Harvester the old maintenance man on the grounds of the mental hospital. This old man never goes anywhere although he loves to read maps "...has red veins in his face that resemble the road maps he is always reading" (page 212). These "two" people are either identical twins or the same person who is just imagined to be some one else by Adam when he takes his imaginary journey to his father. I think that the gas station guy is also Mr. Harvester because they are describe

d exactly the same and they call Adam the same name.

Dr. Dupont is the Doctor at the mental hospital. He lets Adam ride his bike on the grounds as long as Adam promises not to leave. That tells me that Adam has not left the grounds of the hospital. Dr. Dupont also keeps the hallways smelling like lilacs and that is what Adam remembers so distinctly about his mother. Dr. Dupont helps Adam remember his parents by bringing out his father's leather jacket, his father's old cap and Pokey the pig. It seems like Dr. Dupont is a very nice man and devoted to his work.

Adam also meets on his bike ride Junior Varney, who steals his bike. He is described as short tempered and somebody who steals thing. On page 214, Adam talks about Junior Varney again and says that he "...lurks somewhere and will try to steal my bike...", that tells me that Junior Varney, the same one, is a patient at the hospital.

In this book the twists in the plot change the story significantly. My take on the story is that Adam is not really on the trip. Other people might think that Adam went on a trip to find his father and that Adam's father had died in the hospital. I think that this couldn't be true because of all the reasons I talked about before. The twists I mentioned, made the

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Approximate Word count = 857
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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