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I NEVER PROMISSED YOU A ROSE GARDEN

In I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN we see how one mans reality is not necessarily that
of another mans reality. We as humans do not think exactly the same we all think in a
different way, these distinctions will be proven. By seeing into the mind of the main
character and comparing her thoughts to the people around her, the thesis will be proven.
We are all guilty of retreating into some sort of lunacy, we all are guilty of talking to
our selves; this sort of deportment will send some mixed messages to people. These
messages will propel them to the assumption that they are not normal. They are of to
their own world. Also proving, with the use of the protagonist that sometimes being crazy
can help cleans the core of one's being and feel good, that for once you can gratify your
fantasy. Perspectives play a grand roll in whether someone is mentally stable or not, it
could be miss interpretation or personal feeling. Who is to say that a mad man cannot
have an opinion? To him we are the crazy ones. This is a case were majority rule is a
determinant.
We all live independent lives from one another this is human nature, we do this to have
peace and serenity, to be alone but some loneliness we can do without. Deborah's reason
for being a mentally unstable young girl is that she felt alone and not needed by the
world. Normally as children, we had imaginary friends; Deborah's solitude led her to
divert to a world where she is liked, loved and cherished. At one time-strange to think
of it now-the gods of Yr had been companions-secret, princely sharers of her loneliness.
In camp, where she had been hated. (Pg. 55, I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN). The
girls at the camp perceived her to be strange, anomalous. This in turn drove her deeper
into her madness only because she was different. This type of injustice can not be aloud
it is morally unjust but we over see it and continue with the atrocity. That same
savagery that has driven Deborah into her own sheltered world away from ours that same
savageness stabs us all but we are developed enough to fight back with a stable mind.
Deborah's interaction with other people is what society would call unhealthy. Deborah
would sometimes fall into deep trances that would be vicious she would end up in Yr, She
saw the doctor's mouth moving, and imagined that it was spewing questions and
accusations. She began to fall... There was utter darkness for a long time, seen only in
bands of across the eye. (Pg. 31). Near the termination of chapter, six she falls into a
deep mystic abstraction with Yr and she speaks with one of the people there named
Aterrabae. Aterrabae made Deborah take a tin can and start mutilating her arm to prove
that she is different then the people from earth (society's reality)  you were never one
of them, not ever. You are wholly different.(Pg.51). Deborah's reality is so dominant
that it forces her to believe that it is the germane reality, we may see it as madness
but she sees it as her reality. 
Using ones imagination can be a form of madness, a level of self-escape. Escaping into
your own delusion can be exhilarating, mellow and tempting. A person can not see another
person on the street and say: that person is daft. Of course to that person he is not
crazy you are. He feels good in his mental environment, it probably is harmonious or
exciting, who knows. Our mind is very mysterious we lock out certain passions, thoughts
and fantasies if we let them escape they could be shunned upon by civilization. The
enticing thoughts that we have are the reason why we continue to live in this crazy
world. e, quio quio quaru ar Yr aedat temoluqu' braown elepr' kyryr... (brush winged, I
soar above the canyons of your sleep singing...) (Pg.131). This quote said by Deborah
illustrates the beauty of madness with the poetic language. Along with language, it has
exquisite translations of figures. Madness is so exciting that we may not be willing to
let go. All right-you'll ask me questions and I'll answer them-you'll clear up my
'symptoms' and send me home...and what will I have then? (Pg23) Deborah has her first
meeting with Dr. Fried. Letting go of a comrade can be hard to do, for Deborah and people
alike cannot let go of their reality so easily. 
Every body sees things differently; opinions may differ from one another. The key to
understanding the kinship amongst madness and reality is that one person's madness could
be their only reality and shroud. Both madness and reality share one common thing and
that is the human-mind. Someday I hope to help you see this world as other than a stygian
hell. (Pg.25) Deborah's vision of the world is negative; Dr. Fried's perception of the
world is neither to negative or too positive but just in between. There is also a
perspective in language Deborah created her own language Yri. While everybody else speaks
in English. Deborah describes English as for the world-for getting disappointed by and
getting hated in. (Pg.56). This quote has some truth to it but that is Deborah's
perspective of the English language, but she describes Yri as for saying what is to be
said. (Pg.56). Again that is her perspective of both how the world is and how both
languages have their own uses. Perspectives play a monumental role in determining who is
sane and who is not. Dr. Fried while looking at Deborah's file for the very first time
sees Deborah from a professional point of view. Again she looked at the facts and the
numbers. A report like this had once made her remark to the hospital psychologists. We
must some day make a test to show us where the health is as well as the illness. (Pg.19).
This quote is taken to show the personal and professional perceptions that Dr. Fried has.

Everybody sees things through their own perspective. We all have made alternative
realities in order to escape the one we are in now (world reality). Realities are reached
through understanding and making sense of the world around us. The factors that are taken
into consideration: politics, religion, education, and the surrounding world.
Perspectives are a part of reality whether it be political or any of the above, it will
affect your reality. Since one persons reality is different from your reality; therefore,
one mans reality is not necessarily another mans reality. 
Bibliography
Greenberg, Joanne (As Hannah Green). I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN. 
Ed. New York, New York 10017: New American library publishes Signet, Signette, Mentor,
Classics, Plume & Nal Books.