In order to fill these missing spots in his life he creates an entire imaginary city filled with real and unreal buildings, people, and plots. He lives most of his youth trapped inside this imaginary world living through his fantasy personality Detective O'Day. Detective O'Day is the perfect escape for John from the reality o

Integrity is something that we all strive to achieve. A sense of wholeness is gravely important in order to feel complete. It is up to the individual person what mechanism is used to obtain this feeling. For most this mechanism is applied in reality. For John O'Day it is easier to escape into a fantasy.

f life, which was less than perfect. He was always an outsider. He was even an outsider in his family. There was a great deal of tension within his house which was caused by a great deal of things which included fighting parents, unstable economic statuses, and an arguably mentally unstable mother who loved yet sometimes rejected her strange son. Detective O'Day was everything that John wasn't but wished he was. Everyone always saw John as an outsider. He was the strange, snooping, and intrusive kid who sneaks around and ties

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Approximate Word count = 560
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)