But, as Aza is caught up in her mental illness, she doesn’t realize that as she travels through her life, the people she’s with have both a positive, and a negative effect on her. Aza is caught in a relationship with Daisy, both positive and negative. To begin, in the opening scene, Aza and Daisy are sitting at a lunch table, eating lunch, but as everyone joins in conversation, Aza’s ever-going spiral tightens, bringing her into the world of c. diff, the effect of her OCD. As she describes: “Our lunch table was like a long-running play on Broadway. The cast changed over the years, but the roles never did...What was my part in this play? The Sidekick. I was Daisy’s friend, or Ms. Holmes’s daughter. I was somebody’s something” (Green, 2017, p. 2&3). This shows a negative relationship because of the power Daisy had in this situation; she had the ability to make Aza believe that being “somebody’s something” is all she’s going to be. When Aza has two people holding power over her head, (her OCD and now Daisy), Aza cannot thrive, she can’t escape the reality of her mental health issues. These issues are …show more content…
She’d straighten something inside of me, and I no longer felt like I was in a whirlpool or walking in an ever-tightening spirals. I don't need similes. I was located in myself again.” (Green, 2017, p. 66) With this in mind, we can direct this to Aza discussing about their relationship as a positive. You see, although this may seem like Aza is just stating how Daisy affects her, she is truly screaming the amount that she needs Daisy in her life. She is one of the only things that help her escape from her tight spiral of thoughts. Through the investigation of the relation between Aza and Daisy, it has come to light that even though at some periods of time their relationship seems like war, Aza relies on Daisy to help her get through life with her mental