![]() ![]() Tuttle is basically a dispensing machine intent on treating the narrator’s truly superhuman complain of “insomnia.” The result, of course, is that he must keep prescribing increasingly powerful and experimental medication to offset the inevitable effects of intolerance. The reason that it turns out to be an idea not entirely as insane as it might seem is that the narrator’s doctor is the most irresponsible and incompetent fictional doctor to never have “Hi, everybody” as his catchphrase. This is not as crazy as it sounds for one reason and turns out to harder than she imagined for several reasons. The first-person narrator is a twenty-six years old when she decides to go into “hibernation.” She is a white, wealthy, privileged, self-involved, emotionally distant, somewhat nihilistic, sleeping-pill-popping junkie who wants nothing more than to spend the year between the summer of 2000 and the summer of 2001 sleeping. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. ![]() These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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