Character Analysis: Escape From Asylum

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Ever had to encounter something that you did not want to face? Well, this is what happened for Ricky, in fact it was not his first time, but his third. In the thrilling novel, Escape From Asylum, Ricky is emitted into his third asylum by his mother and step dad. Ricky Desmond is the main character and my favorite. Ricky is a different, as in not the average kid. He's been in two other asylums in his short life of 17 years. His stepfather, Butch, is the cause as to why he's in this one, Brookline. Butch was not very fond of Ricky; he thought of him as a "pansy", since he liked boys and girls. Well, one day Butch was yelling at Ricky and he freaked out and attacked Butch, but not like the almost life threatening attack, more of a punch in the face. This is why Ricky was emitted into Brookline, for his violence outbreaks. I liked Ricky the most because he was clever, different, and he liked to have fun. When attending the other two asylums, Ricky liked to play with the nurses, …show more content…

He was eventually isolated and was not the same person he was when he came in. The warden had hypnotized him and changed him completely. Ricky eventually forgot who he was and didn't remember anything but the warden's voice. This book was appealing to me just because of the cover. It has a ghost like thing on the front, and the letters are creepy. Anything scary or spooky is what I like. The eerie feeling and the words used to describe everything was the best. It made me feel like I was in the book watching this happen. This book takes place in the late 1960's. While reading it, I totally forgot that it wasn't 2017 and I was so confused as to why the so called doctors would be treating children like this. The treatments they use I never thought that they could actually be done on a human, let alone a child, like the shock therapy or drilling a screw into someone's

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