Acceptance is one of the main themes that contributed to the protagonist’s new understanding of change. Within the chapter ‘Life After Death’, Conor O’Malley finally reveals the truth and stops trying to manipulate and endure it. He then confesses to the monster that he has been denying himself about reality “I’ve known forever she wasn’t gonna make it… and I believed her. Except I didn’t”, as Conor clarifies that he needed to believe his mother that she would get healed, due to the fact that it is too painful to actually accept the truthfulness of the loss of his mother. As it shows that the composer illustrates Conor’s mother to represent his hope. Moreover, Conor also reveals his suffering of his mother’s death through emotive language,
