"Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it." (170) Every main character in this story has a fear that they are either trying to overcome or trying to ignore. Davey is able to identify every characters fears but cannot come to terms with her own until the conclusion of the novel. Davey and her family have fear that stemmed from the death of Davey and Jason's father. Due to the manner in which Adam was killed they feared for their safety in Atlantic City. Davey's mother deals with that fear originally by going to Los Alamos under the cover of.....
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