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Conor knew that not everything could be healed. He knew his mom wasn't going to get any better. In A Monster Calls, Conor wanted to believe that his mom was going to be okay and live. But he also wanted his mom and his pain to go away. I have a similar experience. Conor wanted his mom to be healed. But it wasn't his mom that needed the healing it was Conor. The monster said this to Conor. “ I said if she could be healed, the yew tree would do it, it seems that she could not... You are the one who called me, Conor O’Malley... I did not come to heal her… I came to heal you.” I thought it was my grandpa that needed the healing but it was actually me. When, I was like 5 yrs old my grandpa passed away. He was very sick he couldn't walk, talk or
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