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John A Daly
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From a Dead Sleep
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author Insight
The Endearment of Equally Harsh Treatment
Throughout "From a Dead Sleep," I make it clear that Toby Parker, an autistic 13 year-old boy, looks up to Sean Coleman - a man who is often very rude to him. It's at this moment in the book that I explain why. By treating Toby just as crassly as he treats everyone else in the town of Winston, Sean has in a strange way endeared himself to the boy. Around Sean, Toby doesn't view himself as "special." He views himself as being the same as everyone else. He finds that appealing, and it has led him to believe that Sean is a man worthy of his loyalty.
Book Excerpt
From a Dead Sleep
Toby’s mother often asked her son what he saw in Sean Coleman.
“He’s not nice to you,” she’d say. “He’s not nice to anyone.”
One time, after pressing for an answer to her question, Toby reluctantly responded, “He treats me like he treats everyone.”
His mother took the statement as a validation of her argument, but that wasn’t what the boy meant. He was drawn to Sean Coleman for his blindness. The crass security guard never treated Toby like someone whose feelings required special consideration. He never viewed Toby through a window of sympathy. He treated the boy with the same annoyance and discontent as he treated the rest of the town of Winston.
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