Anxiety And Mental Illnesses In HATE Finally, By Graham Greene

Next, the structure within the novel helps readers to understand the thinking of people with anxiety and mental illnesses. Throughout the whole novel, Greene uses Aza’s thoughts to show how crippling mental illness can be for people. Aza has a tremendous fear of bacterial infection and she is always worrying about it. Aza is arguing with herself about whether she should drink hand sanitizer to make sure she doesn’t get the infection. The author reveals her thoughts by saying, “See the hand sanitizer mounted on the wall near the door. It’s the only way that’s stupid if it worked alcoholics would be the healthiest people in the world you’re just going to sanitize your hands and your mouth please fucking think about something else stand up I HATE

Throughout the whole novel, there are many conflicts involving Aza and her relationships. Most of these conflicts stem from problems created by her mental health. One example of this is when Aza is fighting with her best friend Daisy. Daisy is upset about how Aza’s mental health has affected their relationship. Daisy describes it by saying, “ "You're so stuck in your own head," she continued. "It's like you genuinely can't think about anyone else"...“But you’re slightly tortured, and the way your tortured is sometimes also painful for, like, everyone around you” (140). Daisy has just confronted Aza about how Aza has caused hardships within their relationship because of her mental health. The second part of the quote reveals how Aza’s difficulties with her mental health have also affected Daisy negatively. The first part also does this but it shows how Aza can’t focus on other things and people when she’s dealing with her own anxiety. This is Aza’s best friend and her anxiety has caused many problems. Another relationship like this is with her boyfriend, Davis. Aza and Davis had just had a really fun time together and they ended up kissing. Aza’s anxiety about contracting a bacterial disease causes her to freak out and leave the boy instead of keep having fun with him. The author describes Aza’s thinking by saying, “It’s fine you’re fine just kiss him you need to check something it’s fine just be fucking normal check to see if his microbes stay in you billions of people kiss and don’t die just make sure his microbes aren’t going to permanently colonize you come on please stop this he could have campylobacter he could be a nonsymptomatic E. coli carrier get that and you’ll need antibiotics and then you’ll get C. diff and boom dead in four days please fucking stop just kiss him JUST CHECK TO MAKE SURE. I pulled away” (153). Aza’s mental