 What does the theme of the story reveal about how society treats the mentally ill?
For punishment, he locked me in a windowless room and told me to sit still until he came back. Because they were real, I talked about them as if they were real, and I almost earned a bunk in the home for retarded children until I got smart enough to keep the beasts to myself. My mother and father must have been glad when I was sent away to reform school after my thirteenth birthday party, the one "There must be something special about you, for your apprehension to come through miraculous intervention. But, Brother, I've always had it like this, as long as I can remember. "William, all I can tell you is that time means nothing in Heaven.
 There is insufficient social infrastructure to identify and care for those living with severe mental illnesses
 There is insufficient social infrastructure to identify and care for those living with severe mental illnesses  The Christian church has too much unqualified involvement in treatment of those living with severe mental illnesses  Those living with severe mental illnesses are more likely to be abused by social institutions like schools, hospitals, and law enforcement  More studies need to be conducted to learn how to best care for people living with severe mental illnesses