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Here, we can see that Caden tries to remind himself that no one at school wants to harm him, but he is not able to center on this idea. It directly shows that Caden has the ability to see the problems from himself and know he is overthinking as well as overreacting. However, he can’t pull himself out of the mental illness because he is not powerful enough to control himself. For example, he cannot stop imagining there are people who want to kill him. Accordingly, the quote sends us another important message about Caden; his mental illness becomes less serious because he notices that he has some mental problems about concentration. Once he pays attention on his mental problems, his mental illness can be cured as fast as possible because only

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