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The psych doctor is one of the narrator’s colleagues in Brownlee, when the narrator works in the Verification unit of the government (Central). Since the psych doctor is assigned to deal with disaster victims all day, at night he drinks to excess, desperate to escape from the loss and pain he has just witnessed. The psych doctor is one of the few confidantes the narrator has in the novel, though he also gently mocks the narrator’s claims of “chemical” attraction to Margo.
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The Psych Doctor Character Timeline in Things We Didn’t See Coming
The timeline below shows where the character The Psych Doctor appears in Things We Didn’t See Coming. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Uses for Vinegar
That night, the narrator tries to sleep in the tent he shares with the psych counselor ; everything smells like vinegar, because that is the only way to keep lice, contaminants,...
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...in a favor with Relocation to get Margo and Shane on the first bus out. The psych doctor , noticing that the narrator is on edge, offers him a drink. The narrator knows...
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...to his chest, the narrator sits in the front of the bus, next to the psych doctor . They start drinking juice with rum, and the doctor asks questions about the narrator’s...
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