I Am the Cheese | Overview
As in his other novels, Cormier's primary aim in this work is to confront and examine the plight of young adults enmeshed in a world of corruption and deceit, where no one, not even the government, can be trusted and where the terms "hero" and "villain" have little if any meaning. Yet Cormier is not simply exposing the reader to a "rotten" world. He strives to make young people aware of the important choices they must make between idealism and realism, hope and resignation, action and apathy. To make these choices in a society full of uncertainty is difficult.
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