Chapter 7 Summary and Analysis

Certain that he is going to be asked to leave the Clinic, James meets with Ken and two other staff members. Joanne, a staff psychologist, wants to keep James at the Clinic, while Lincoln, the unit supervisor of Sawyer Unit, wants to ask James to leave. James tells them about his fight with Roy, and James leaves the meeting surprised that he has not been asked to leave. With every interaction with an authority figure, James reinforces his disdain for authority.

Hank picks James up, lends him a coat, and takes him to the dentist. At the dentist's office, Hank give James two tennis balls to squeeze during the procedure that is about to take place. Once he settles into the dentist's chair, he asks the nurse to bring him the Babar the Elephant book from the waiting room. He fondly...