Part 1, Chapter 3 Summary

Sean used to think about suicide all the time and contemplated all the drawbacks of each method, but he rarely considers the topic anymore. Sean knows that he will not kill himself, but he thinks about suicide a lot mostly because he thinks the human race is so pathetic. As far as Sean is concerned, there is not much to live for except for his girlfriend, Liz.

Sean remembers first seeing Liz at school one year and how she repeatedly turned down his requests for dates. He decided that her refusals were defense mechanisms, and his persistence and friendliness won her over. Sean and Liz went on a picnic on their first date, and he recalls feeling as if he had finally found someone with whom he could communicate for the first time in his life.

Sean convinces Dennis to ask...