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my nameee. :]. Ruby Group November 30, 2007 __I Am The Cheese__ //Reader Response//

As I read this story, strange connections between myself and the main character, Adam, began to creep closer into sight. They were connections that not only related myself to Adam, but that also made me feel as if someone was writing a story about me. For example, when Adam was going on his "journey" to Rutterburg, Vermont, he was really only biking around the mental institute. When I was little, I used to bike around my house, going around and around, while letting my mind trail off into my magical and exciting journey. I would always go to amazing places and sometimes I would even forget that I was biking around my house. Another connection that I had to Adam was my fears. Adam Farmer was claustrophobic but he was also afraid of wide open spaces. I am not claustrophobic, but sometimes I feel as if the walls in a room or space are closing in on me, like I am being trapped. I also do not like wide open areas. It makes me feel as if someone with binoculars is watching me from a far away bush or tree, just waiting to capture me. Also, I have my own set of "Never Knows". Sometimes I will see someone somewhere and they will just stare in a way that makes you think, "Who is that person and what are they up to?". A lot of the time, I am not sure who to trust and who not to trust. Also, I dislike windows and doors. I am always afraid that someone is going to slam into them or break into my house. I don't like that feeling because it makes me feel unsafe and uncertain and I don't know where to go or what to do. I don't like to feel helpless and thinking about it makes me feel like I can't control anything. In many other stories that I have read, the characters share some similar fears. They don't relate to the strange and odd fears that Adam has, but many were afraid of confined spaces, or wide open areas. In one story that I read, __Can You Keep A Secret?__, the main character, Molly, always felt as if she was being watched. She thought that the man that was ten years older than she was who lived across the street was spying on her every single night. Each night before she went to sleep she would lock every single window in her house including the sun-roof because she was afraid that one time he might break into her house and either steal her things, or even hurt her. Molly scared herself to the point where she didn't want to go back into her house because she was afraid he would break in when she was home. Her fears relate to Adam's fears. In the world many people can relate to Adam Farmer's fears. I know a large number of people that are claustrophobic. Some of them are family members while others are