Why Do I Dare Disturb The Universe

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“Do I dare disturb the universe? Yes, I do, I do. I think. Jerry suddenly understood the poster--the solitary man on the beach standing upright and alone and unafraid, poised at the moment of making himself heard and known in the world, the universe.” Jerry Renault, struggling with the recent passing of his mother, begins his Freshman year at Trinity High School in Manchester, New Hampshire. Destined to become “someone”, he joins the school’s football team. This puts him under the radar of Archie Costello, the Assigner of the Vigils, an underground organization that maintains order in the school from the shadows. Archie Costello’s job is to choose students, typically those with low self esteem, to complete assignments chosen by himself. These range from unscrewing every chair, desk, and whiteboard in a classroom to the verge of collapsing, to refusing to participate in the annual chocolate sale held as a fundraiser at the school. Which is where Jerry Renault, a reserved and fragile minded freshman finds his place at Trinity. …show more content…
For some reason, he felt ashamed.” After Jerry finds the poster in his locker ripped, and his new sneakers torn and slashed, a sense of guilt and shame fills him. It is at this point where a major theme of the book’s presence is strengthened. “A new sickness invaded Jerry, the sickness of knowing what he had become, another animal, another beast, another violent person in a violent world, inflicting damage, not disturbing the universe but damaging it.” Jerry begins to realize that he is not simply disturbing the universe, a futile act in itself, but damaging

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