Anyone could see that kid needed to run and keep running until he shed his own skin, until he clawed out of the choking darkness and unfurled his wings, precious and prisming in the light of some other world. His caseworker was one of those people who say the word “escapism” as if it’s a moral failing, a regrettable hobby, a mental-health diagnosis.
This part captured my attention since it can create an image when reading it since its written in a descriptive way. Since in this part it talks about how the kid should run/escape the darkness. Which is why the kid would read fiction so he could escape the darkness he was in and imagine himself in other worlds. While his caseworker made it seem that escaping was a mental illness while the kid was trying to survive. Which is why the author wanted him to run as much as he could until he felt free. That's why I found this part very capturing since the kid was using fictional books so he could escape the dark reality he was living into a whole new world.