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In conclusion, This story proves that if you lock away you pain instead of trying to get through it or fight it off, it will only cause more pain and distress.

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One quote from the novel that illuminates that Conor was holding on to pain, is when Conor was resisting the truth... He said "It'll kill me if I do," referring to speaking the truth. And the monster says "It'll kill you if you do not" This shows how much more pain Conor is causing himself by not telling the truth.

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A MONSTER CALLS - Official Trailer [HD] - In Theaters Dec 2016

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One moment when I could see  that the pain that Conor was holding on to was making it worse, is when at the end of the story, Conor was trapped in his dream where he was holding on to his mother from a cliff. He usually let her go in the dream and it happened again. The only way for Conor to leave the dream was to tell the truth of why he let her go. But it was too painful. And instead of telling the truth and letting go of the pain, he didn't tell it

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Because the main character Conor ignored his pain and buried it deep down, instead of coping with it, he was even more affected by it.