Characters

Susanna- She is the main character and has borderline personality disorder. She is an 18 year old girl and was recently committed to McLean Hospital for attempted sucuide. Purpose: Susanna is in the novel because she tells the whole story to the reader about what happens in the hospital.
Lisa- Lisa is a sociopath. She is the leader of the girls throughout in the hospital.Purpose: Lisa is in the novel to show she is against the hospital and has been there for a while. She also is looked at as the most dominant patient.
Georgina- Georgina is Susanna's roomate. She dates a boy named Wade and he has anger management. Purpose: Georgina is seen as a setady character throughout the novel. She has no obvious quirks and remains out of trouble.
Polly- Polly is a patient at the hospital who set herself on fire and screams at night but acts happy during the day. Purpose: Polly is in the novel to show a patient in the hospital that is dealing with depression.
Daisy- Daisy is anexoeric, her dad bought her her own apartment and her father "wants" her. Purpose: Daisy is in the novel to show a patient that has anorexia in the hospital. Also, her background about her Dad shows that it may be the reason why she is there.
Cynthia- Cynthia is another patient in the hospital who gets electricshocks. She is an unimportant character as of now. Purpose: Cynthia is in the novel to show the effect of electricshocks. She comes back shaky and quiet.
Wade- Wade is Geoginia's boyfriend who has anger management. He wants to be like his father who he claims is a spy. Purpose: Wade is in the novel to show another patient facing problems.
Valerie- Valerie is a nurse at McLean hospital. She is the main nurse at the hospital. Purpose: Valerie is in the novel because she creates order in the hospital, and the girls usually respect her.
Mrs. McWeeny- Mrs. McWeeny is the night nurse, and patients say that she acts insane herself. Purpose: Mrs. McWeeny is in the novel to show the corruptness in the staff and the carelessness about workers in the hospital.
Dr. Wick- She stays with each patient for short amounts of time and doesn't let the girls swear around her. Purpose: Dr. Wick is in the novel to show that the girls need someone with them at all times and cause trouble.
Lisa Cody- Lisa Cody came to the hospital and tried to compete with the actual, dominant Lisa. She would say she was a sociopath. Purpose: Lisa Cody is in the novel to show that no matter what, Lisa will always be the top patient that is the most crazy and will stay there for a very long time. Also, her character shows that Lisa is competitive about other girls being as crazy as her.
Melvin- Susanna's alayst, his first year as an analyst was with Susanna, he ends up dying. Melvin is in the novel to help explain Susanna's thought process when she goes to see him.
Alice Callous- Alice was a girl who didn't know much and acted like she spent her whole life in a closet. She ended up going into the disturbed cells in the hospital. Her purpose in the novel is to show a very bad case in the hospital.