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Later in the novel Callie cut the edge of a pie plate that she gets from the cafeteria and cut herself that night. When she injures herself her arm started to pour drops of blood, she is terrified because she explains in the novel that she has never bled that much before. She walks out of her room with her bleeding arm and she goes to Ruby and shows her what she did. That’s when she finally asked for help. The next day she goes to her therapist to get help from her.

The major themes for the novel CUT are anorexia,drug abuse,parents misunderstanding and coping with pain. Publishers weekly explained that the main problems are “anorexia overeating [and] substance abuse.”(Publishers weekly) Publishers weekly“attempts to fight off parental or societal obliviousness to their needs”(Publishers weekly) “callie’s own method for coping with her pain is related in palpable but gratuitous scenes that convey the depths of her desperation and depths.”(L.A)