Tourette Syndrome Analysis

Sam Carrier is an eighteen year old boy with Tourette Syndrome. Tourette Syndrome is a brain disease that causes uncontrollable verbal outbursts and physical movements. Sam has a difficult time due to having Tourette’s; such as social exclusion or verbal abuse from his stepfather, Old Bill. The way he has been treated by others contributed to his bitter personality. He blames his problems on his dead father, who also had Tourette Syndrome. Sam lives with his stepfather, mother, and half brother, Lane. They live in a small town in Minnesota called Pierce, on a small farm. One day, Sam runs a race. When the race gets cancelled and rained out, he decides to keep running. That is where he met Naomi, another racer. To Sam, Naomi is the most perfect girl there ever was, and he hopes to see her again. But with his Tourette’s, how could anyone like her come to like him? From then on, Sam’s life changes forever. …show more content…
Please, Bill.” I started to cry. “I’ll be still. Promise!”” Sam said this after he was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at the age of six. Since then, he has struggled being rejected by others as well as his own family. Tourette Syndrome is a significant part of who Sam is, and what he has experienced because of Tourette’s shaped his personality. Often times he felt bitter towards himself or towards someone else, and he highly disliked himself. Because of Tourette Syndrome, he has to experience this struggle. And that struggle is what the author, Jonathan Friesen, is trying to express. Because he, too, has Tourette