{"id":13074,"date":"2026-10-19T09:49:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T01:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=13074"},"modified":"2026-10-19T15:21:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:21:33","slug":"on_challenger-deep_2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/10\/19\/on_challenger-deep_2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Chal\u00adlenger Abyss: Grasp\u00ading a glim\u00admer of light in the dark\u00adest abyss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u200b\u200b<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404628722878906575-001.jpg\" alt=\"\u300a\u6311\u6218\u8005\u6df1\u6e0a\u300b\u4e2d\u6587\u7248\">Chal\u00adlenger Deep (Chi\u00adnese ver\u00adsion)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The deep\u00adest known trench on Earth is the Mar\u00adi\u00adana Trench, with the Chal\u00adlenger Deep at its deep\u00adest point, near\u00adly 7 miles (approx\u00adi\u00admate\u00adly 11,000 meters). Fif\u00adteen-year-old Caden Bosch is aboard a bizarre pirate ship head\u00ading towards the Chal\u00adlenger Deep. The cap\u00adtain and his par\u00adrot are both blind in one eye, and the crew mem\u00adbers are either men\u00adtal\u00adly unsta\u00adble or act\u00ading strange\u00adly. They will bat\u00adtle venge\u00adful ban\u00adshees and abyssal ser\u00adpents on the rag\u00ading sea, but noth\u00ading can stop the ship from reach\u00ading its des\u00adti\u00adna\u00adtion. The mis\u00adsion to plunge into the dark\u00adest abyss must be under\u00adtak\u00aden by Caden alone\u2026 This sounds like the plot of a fan\u00adta\u00adsy novel\u2014wild, fan\u00adtas\u00adti\u00adcal, and bizarre\u2014but it is actu\u00adal\u00adly a rather seri\u00adous com\u00ading-of-age nov\u00adel, only telling the unique expe\u00adri\u00adence of a high school stu\u00addent suf\u00adfer\u00ading from schiz\u00ado\u00adphre\u00adnia.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404628722878906575-002.jpg\" alt=\"\u4f5c\u8005\uff1a\u5c3c\u5c14\u00b7\u8212\u65af\u7279\u66fc\">Author: Neil Shus\u00adter\u00adman<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Neil Shus\u00adter\u00adman\u2019s *Chal\u00adlenger Deep* won the Nation\u00adal Book Award for Young Adult Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture in 2015. While less well-known than the New\u00adbery Medal to Chi\u00adnese read\u00aders, this award is unique in its judg\u00ading process\u2014five renowned authors spe\u00adcial\u00adiz\u00ading in the genre serve as judges\u2014and is often referred to as \u201can award for authors by authors,\u201d mak\u00ading it arguably even more dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to win. *Chal\u00adlenger Deep* won the award not only for its deeply mov\u00ading sto\u00adry in a rarely explored genre, but also for its mas\u00adter\u00adful writ\u00ading tech\u00adnique, which brought a new break\u00adthrough to young adult fic\u00adtion in terms of nar\u00adra\u00adtive style.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read\u00ading this book is chal\u00adleng\u00ading in itself. In fact, most read\u00aders will feel some\u00adwhat con\u00adfused upon first read\u00ading it, first\u00adly because of the anx\u00adi\u00adety and repres\u00adsion inher\u00adent in the top\u00adic of men\u00adtal ill\u00adness, and sec\u00adond\u00adly because of the author\u2019s some\u00adwhat ambigu\u00adous and chaot\u00adic nar\u00adra\u00adtive style. The nov\u00adel begins by shut\u00adtling between two sto\u00adry\u00adlines: the real life of high school stu\u00addent Car\u00adden and the voy\u00adage on the pirate ship. How\u00adev\u00ader, both sto\u00adry\u00adlines are told in the first per\u00adson, which may make read\u00aders feel that \u201csome\u00adthing is wrong,\u201d but they will be com\u00adplete\u00adly unaware of what is actu\u00adal\u00adly hap\u00adpen\u00ading. The most dif\u00adfi\u00adcult thing to under\u00adstand is the con\u00adnec\u00adtion between these two nar\u00adra\u00adtive lines. As if that\u2019s not enough of the con\u00adfu\u00adsion, the author inserts two oth\u00ader nar\u00adra\u00adtives: one is Car\u00adden\u2019s var\u00adi\u00adous mem\u00ado\u00adries and obser\u00adva\u00adtions of life, and the oth\u00ader is Car\u00adden\u2019s descrip\u00adtion of his dreams\u2014okay, that means that the voy\u00adage on the pirate ship is not a dream adven\u00adture, so what is it? Even expe\u00adri\u00adenced and patient read\u00aders will only be able to rough\u00adly guess the con\u00adnec\u00adtion between the two main nar\u00adra\u00adtives when they are almost halfway through the first read\u00ading.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404628722878906575-003.jpg\" alt=\"\u539f\u7248\u5c01\u9762\uff0c\u80cc\u666f\u662f\u4f5c\u8005\u513f\u5b50\u5728\u7cbe\u795e\u8e81\u52a8\u9636\u6bb5\u7684\u6d82\u9e26\">The orig\u00adi\u00adnal cov\u00ader fea\u00adtures a back\u00adground of doo\u00addles made by the author\u2019s son dur\u00ading a peri\u00adod of men\u00adtal tur\u00admoil.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Neil Schus\u00adter\u00adman is a tal\u00adent\u00aded young adult nov\u00adel\u00adist with approx\u00adi\u00admate\u00adly 30 pop\u00adu\u00adlar works to his name (includ\u00ading some of his rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works that have been trans\u00adlat\u00aded into Chi\u00adnese).<a href=\"http:\/\/product.dangdang.com\/25316290.html\">\u201cTomor\u00adrow\u2019s Decom\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion\u201c<\/a>But *Chal\u00adlenger Deep* is most spe\u00adcial to him because it\u2019s essen\u00adtial\u00adly based on his son Bren\u00addan\u2019s real expe\u00adri\u00adences, with the illus\u00adtra\u00adtions being Bren\u00addan\u2019s scrib\u00adbles from that peri\u00adod of strug\u00adgle. In oth\u00ader words, the char\u00adac\u00adters are fic\u00adtion\u00adal, but the core of the sto\u00adry is remark\u00adably real\u00adis\u00adtic. The choice of the Chal\u00adlenger Deep as the voy\u00adage\u2019s des\u00adti\u00adna\u00adtion stemmed from Bren\u00addan\u2019s fas\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtion with the sea and also from a sci\u00adence pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion he gave in school. Bren\u00addan\u2019s teenage episodes, pro\u00adgress\u00ading from anx\u00adi\u00adety to delu\u00adsions, para\u00adnoia, and hal\u00adlu\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtions, were remark\u00adably sim\u00adi\u00adlar to Car\u00adden\u2019s. Bren\u00addan even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly had to be hos\u00adpi\u00adtal\u00adized, at which point he told Neil, \u201cDad, I feel like I\u2019m scream\u00ading my heart out under\u00adwa\u00adter, but nobody can hear me.\u201d It was from that moment that the writer father decid\u00aded to write a nov\u00adel for his son.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404628722878906575-004.gif\" alt=\"\u4f5c\u8005\u513f\u5b50\u5e03\u4f26\u4e39\u5728\u7cbe\u795e\u8e81\u52a8\u9636\u6bb5\u7684\u6d82\u9e26\">Doo\u00addles by the author\u2019s son, Bren\u00addan, dur\u00ading a peri\u00adod of men\u00adtal tur\u00admoil.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the some\u00adwhat bewil\u00addered accoun\u00adtant father in the nov\u00adel, Neil has a greater under\u00adstand\u00ading and empa\u00adthy for his son. He attempts to use the sto\u00adry to recre\u00adate his son\u2019s true men\u00adtal state dur\u00ading episodes of his ill\u00adness. The ele\u00adments dis\u00adtort\u00aded by delu\u00adsions and hal\u00adlu\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtions are drawn from his son\u2019s real-life expe\u00adri\u00adences, his ency\u00adclo\u00adpe\u00addic knowl\u00adedge, and his beloved lit\u00ader\u00adary clas\u00adsics, such as *Pinoc\u00adchio*, *Alice\u2019s Adven\u00adtures in Won\u00adder\u00adland*, *Twen\u00adty Thou\u00adsand Leagues Under the Sea*, and *Moby-Dick*. Neil clear\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnizes the scarci\u00adty of works depict\u00ading ado\u00adles\u00adcent men\u00adtal ill\u00adness, and he decides to show\u00adcase the inter\u00adtwin\u00ading of real\u00adi\u00adty and delu\u00adsion. There\u00adfore, he allows the pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist to utter four dif\u00adfer\u00adent voic\u00ades, freely unfold\u00ading and echo\u00ading each oth\u00ader.<b>At first, even he had to use dif\u00adfer\u00adent col\u00adors to mark the four nar\u00adra\u00adtive texts, and then piece them togeth\u00ader like a jig\u00adsaw puz\u00adzle.<\/b>He was\u00adn\u2019t sure if the edi\u00adtor would accept such a man\u00adu\u00adscript.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I must admit that, as a read\u00ader, it took me three read\u00adings to tru\u00adly grasp the whole sto\u00adry and under\u00adstand Neil\u2019s nar\u00adra\u00adtive inten\u00adtions. Dis\u00adcern\u00ading read\u00aders, on their sec\u00adond read\u00ading, might try read\u00ading each voice\u2019s indi\u00advid\u00adual nar\u00adra\u00adtive sep\u00ada\u00adrate\u00adly, such as skip\u00adping between the \u201cPirate Voy\u00adage\u201d or \u201cCar\u00adden in the Real World\u201d sec\u00adtions. You\u2019ll dis\u00adcov\u00ader sub\u00adtle or overt con\u00adnec\u00adtions between the two sto\u00adry\u00adlines: the par\u00adrot and Dr. Poirot, Car\u00adi\u00adobe and Car\u00adly, the nav\u00adi\u00adga\u00adtor and Howl, the blue-haired girl appoint\u00aded \u201cTrea\u00adsur\u00ader\u201d and Skye, the cock\u00adtails on the pirate ship and the hap\u00adpy paper cups of the hos\u00adpi\u00adtal\u2019s cock\u00adtail ther\u00ada\u00adpy\u2026 Once you under\u00adstand that the delu\u00adsion\u00adal and real\u00adis\u00adtic parts are actu\u00adal\u00adly telling the same sto\u00adry, just told by pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnists in dif\u00adfer\u00adent men\u00adtal states, unrav\u00adel\u00ading the mys\u00adtery becomes much eas\u00adi\u00ader.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How\u00adev\u00ader, Neil added anoth\u00ader obsta\u00adcle to the time\u00adline by not allow\u00ading the two nar\u00adra\u00adtive threads to run con\u00adcur\u00adrent\u00adly. If Car\u00adden board\u00ading the pirate ship sig\u00adni\u00adfies a relapse of his ill\u00adness, and encoun\u00adter\u00ading the par\u00adrot and the oth\u00ader crew mem\u00adbers sig\u00adni\u00adfies hos\u00adpi\u00adtal\u00adiza\u00adtion, then the par\u00adrot\u2019s appear\u00adance begins in Chap\u00adter 4, while Car\u00adden\u2019s hos\u00adpi\u00adtal\u00adiza\u00adtion in the real world does\u00adn\u2019t begin until Chap\u00adter 75. In Chap\u00adter 9, Car\u00adden dis\u00adcov\u00aders a sign on the main hatch of the pirate ship that reads, \u201cYou\u2019re not the first, and you won\u2019t be the last.\u201d Then, in Chap\u00adter 99, the real-world Car\u00adden sees a poster in Dr. Poirot\u2019s office that reads, \u201cYou may not be first, you may not be last, but you will cross the fin\u00adish line\u201d\u2014these two events clear\u00adly echo each oth\u00ader, yet they are sep\u00ada\u00adrat\u00aded by 90 chap\u00adters! On the Goodreads Eng\u00adlish book shar\u00ading web\u00adsite, some read\u00aders com\u00adplained about the author\u2019s chaot\u00adic struc\u00adture, sug\u00adgest\u00ading that a more log\u00adi\u00adcal read\u00adjust\u00adment would make the sto\u00adry clear\u00ader and less con\u00adfus\u00ading. I deeply sym\u00adpa\u00adthize with this trou\u00adbled read\u00ader, but we must under\u00adstand the author\u2019s good inten\u00adtions. Imag\u00adine: if the pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist\u2019s nar\u00adra\u00adtive log\u00adic were so clear, would it still sound like the nar\u00adra\u00adtion of a schiz\u00ado\u00adphrenic? The author inten\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly invites read\u00aders to expe\u00adri\u00adence that psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal process with a touch of pain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404628722878906575-005.jpg\" alt=\"\u5185\u9875\u63d2\u56fe\uff0c\u5e03\u4f26\u4e39\u7684\u6d82\u9e26\">Inte\u00adri\u00ador illus\u00adtra\u00adtions, Bren\u00addan\u2019s doo\u00addles<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This reminds me of William Faulkn\u00ader\u2019s *The Sound and the Fury*, which is also a sto\u00adry told in four dif\u00adfer\u00adent voic\u00ades. The first part is nar\u00adrat\u00aded by Ben\u00adjy, the idiot, and its log\u00adic seems quite chaot\u00adic to ordi\u00adnary peo\u00adple.<b>\u201cUnre\u00adli\u00adable\u201d nar\u00adra\u00adtives<\/b>But it is pre\u00adcise\u00adly through this kind of nar\u00adra\u00adtion that peo\u00adple seem to see the unmasked true nature of human\u00adi\u00adty reflect\u00aded in a mir\u00adror. In *The Chal\u00adlenger\u2019s Abyss*, many details of Cardin\u2019s nar\u00adra\u00adtion also belong to the cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry of \u201cunre\u00adli\u00adable\u201d nar\u00adra\u00adtives; the author inter\u00adtwines sev\u00ader\u00adal nar\u00adra\u00adtives, requir\u00ading read\u00aders to painstak\u00ading\u00adly dis\u00adtin\u00adguish and ana\u00adlyze them. After clear\u00ading away the fog, we see a vibrant, young heart, end\u00adless\u00adly strug\u00adgling, end\u00adless\u00adly ques\u00adtion\u00ading, end\u00adless\u00adly sym\u00adpa\u00adthiz\u00ading\u2026 Per\u00adhaps the most touch\u00ading aspect of the sto\u00adry is Cardin\u2019s com\u00adpas\u00adsion. As a teenag\u00ader, he has a strong curios\u00adi\u00adty about the oppo\u00adsite sex, an immense desire for friend\u00adship, and absolute loy\u00adal\u00adty to his friends, but what tru\u00adly sets him apart is his con\u00adcern for oth\u00aders. His rea\u00adson for not choos\u00ading sui\u00adcide was that he did\u00adn\u2019t want his sis\u00adter to be ashamed in front of oth\u00aders. Even when he was in a men\u00adtal hos\u00adpi\u00adtal, he could\u00adn\u2019t help but lend a help\u00ading hand to his fel\u00adlow patients. When Car\u00adly need\u00aded him most, he gave her warmth, but he was also able to sup\u00adpress his own desires and always keep his dis\u00adtance\u2026 In Car\u00adden\u2019s per\u00adhaps some\u00adwhat inex\u00adplic\u00ada\u00adble nar\u00adra\u00adtion, we see a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly real per\u00adson. Even in his dark\u00adest moments, the radi\u00adant light of human\u00adi\u00adty could not be con\u00adcealed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In his after\u00adword, Neil Schus\u00adter\u00adman men\u00adtioned that one of the rea\u00adsons for his writ\u00ading was because he dis\u00adcov\u00adered\u2026<b>\u201c\u201cOne in three Amer\u00adi\u00adcan fam\u00adi\u00adlies is haunt\u00aded by the specter of men\u00adtal ill\u00adness.\u201d\u201d<\/b>His fam\u00adi\u00adly was one of those who, through their com\u00adbined efforts, weath\u00adered the most dif\u00adfi\u00adcult times, and their son escaped the abyss and returned to a nor\u00admal life. Through his nov\u00adel, Neil hopes to share this expe\u00adri\u00adence, ben\u00ade\u00adfit\u00ading those in need and help\u00ading most peo\u00adple, even those not trou\u00adbled, under\u00adstand that these men\u00adtal\u00adly ill patients are sim\u00adply patients, not mon\u00adsters; they are liv\u00ading, breath\u00ading human beings. A line in the book par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly reflects the pub\u00adlic\u2019s atti\u00adtude towards the men\u00adtal\u00adly ill:<b>\u201cDead chil\u00addren are placed on altars and wor\u00adshipped, while chil\u00addren with men\u00adtal ill\u00adness\u00ades are hid\u00adden under car\u00adpets.\u201d<\/b>Accord\u00ading to an inves\u00adtiga\u00adtive arti\u00adcle pub\u00adlished on Peo\u00adple\u2019s Dai\u00adly Online on Novem\u00adber 27, 2019<a href=\"http:\/\/paper.people.com.cn\/rmzk\/html\/2019-11\/27\/content_1958420.htm\">Car\u00ading for peo\u00adple with men\u00adtal ill\u00adness requires a con\u00adcert\u00aded effort from soci\u00adety.<\/a>The report<b>In recent years, the total num\u00adber of peo\u00adple suf\u00adfer\u00ading from men\u00adtal dis\u00ador\u00adders in Chi\u00adna has exceed\u00aded 100 mil\u00adlion, among which the preva\u00adlence of schiz\u00ado\u00adphre\u00adnia is close to 11% of the total pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion, and more than 50% of them have not received effec\u00adtive and stan\u00addard\u00adized treat\u00adment.<\/b>It can be said that Schus\u00adter\u00adman\u2019s efforts are also very mean\u00ading\u00adful to Chi\u00adnese read\u00aders.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How\u00adev\u00ader, the author\u2019s efforts did not stop at sim\u00adply rais\u00ading aware\u00adness or pro\u00advid\u00ading read\u00aders with a unique sim\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion expe\u00adri\u00adence; he also attempt\u00aded to explore the caus\u00ades and solu\u00adtions. Accord\u00ading to the World Health Orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion\u2019s offi\u00adcial web\u00adsite, \u201cResearch has not yet con\u00adfirmed any cause. It is sug\u00adgest\u00aded that inter\u00adac\u00adtions between genes and a range of envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal fac\u00adtors may lead to schiz\u00ado\u00adphre\u00adnia. Psy\u00adchoso\u00adcial fac\u00adtors may also be a cause.\u201d The cas\u00ades of Car\u00adly and Hal in the nov\u00adel per\u00adhaps best illus\u00adtrate this; the reac\u00adtions of Car\u00adly\u2019s par\u00adents and the state of Hal\u2019s moth\u00ader, to some extent, con\u00adtributed to the chil\u00addren\u2019s ill\u00adness. Car\u00adden\u2019s fam\u00adi\u00adly envi\u00adron\u00adment was rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly nor\u00admal, but it took his fam\u00adi\u00adly a long time to under\u00adstand and accept his con\u00addi\u00adtion. They pro\u00advid\u00aded nec\u00ades\u00adsary help, but the final stretch of the strug\u00adgle to escape the abyss was ulti\u00admate\u00adly Car\u00adden\u2019s own to walk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Describ\u00ading Car\u00adden\u2019s ardu\u00adous jour\u00adney, expe\u00adri\u00adenced alone, is clear\u00adly extreme\u00adly dif\u00adfi\u00adcult. The author employs numer\u00adous sym\u00adbol\u00adic devices and draws upon imagery from mythol\u00ado\u00adgy, fairy tales, and clas\u00adsic lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture to depict Car\u00adden\u2019s adven\u00adture into the Chal\u00adlenger\u2019s Abyss. The jour\u00adney is per\u00adilous yet mag\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcent, com\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adble to an epic Greek tale. The author\u2019s skill lies in seam\u00adless\u00adly inte\u00adgrat\u00ading this leg\u00adend with Car\u00adden\u2019s spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal jour\u00adney, inter\u00adspersed with moments of wis\u00addom and humor. Read\u00aders par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00ading in this thrilling jour\u00adney can find mean\u00ading in the sym\u00adbol\u00adism: what do the cap\u00adtain and the par\u00adrot rep\u00adre\u00adsent? Why is the trust between Car\u00adden, the cap\u00adtain, and the par\u00adrot so com\u00adplex? What does the white plas\u00adtic gal\u00adley rep\u00adre\u00adsent? What does the nav\u00adi\u00adga\u00adtor\u2019s chart rep\u00adre\u00adsent? Why is Skye always try\u00ading to piece togeth\u00ader the puz\u00adzle but nev\u00ader suc\u00adceed\u00ading? Why is it that small blue piece of the puz\u00adzle that leads Car\u00adden out of the abyss? Why does that small piece become the last glim\u00admer of light in the abyss? Such reflec\u00adtion will cer\u00adtain\u00adly make the jour\u00adney worth\u00adwhile.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The most unique and ide\u00adal char\u00adac\u00adter in the nov\u00adel is Car\u00adlyle, the \u201conly sen\u00adsi\u00adble per\u00adson\u201d on the pirate ship. In both nar\u00adra\u00adtive threads, Car\u00adlyle is also the only char\u00adac\u00adter who appears and plays a cru\u00adcial role in both worlds. This is because Car\u00adlyle\u2019s nar\u00adra\u00adtion some\u00adtimes oscil\u00adlates between delu\u00adsion and real\u00adi\u00adty; read\u00aders can even use Car\u00adlyle to bridge the gap between these two nar\u00adra\u00adtives. Car\u00adlyle\u2019s lat\u00ader shar\u00ading of his true expe\u00adri\u00adences with Caden is also quite pow\u00ader\u00adful. You\u2019ll find that a for\u00admer men\u00adtal patient can become an expert in this field, offer\u00ading the deep\u00adest sym\u00adpa\u00adthy and great\u00adest help to oth\u00ader patients. In the after\u00adword, the author writes that his son\u2026\u201c<b>He glo\u00adri\u00adous\u00adly escaped the abyss, and in time became more like Car\u00adlyle\u2026<\/b>\u201dRead\u00ading this is very com\u00adfort\u00ading.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hav\u00ading just escaped the abyss, Car\u00adden had this reflec\u00adtion:<b>\u201cWe are extreme\u00adly con\u00adtrol\u00adling crea\u00adtures. We want to put every\u00adthing in our lives into labelable box\u00ades. But just because we have the abil\u00adi\u00adty to label doesn\u2019t mean we actu\u00adal\u00adly know what\u2019s in those box\u00ades\u2026\u201d<\/b>After read\u00ading it, I pon\u00addered it repeat\u00aded\u00adly for a long time. 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