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Like a Fish Understands a Tree

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Like a Fish Understands a Tree	comment	Like a Fish Understands a Tree is a 2005 science fiction novel by Helen Collins.George is a man with Down syndrome who lives with his mum, his seventeen-year-old half-sister Susan, and his stepdad Adam. As a Christmas present, Susan receives a video game called Nephilim Caves, the first game with sentient characters. As the weeks pass, Susan develops more and more of an emotional connection to the game's hero, Oemor, who is programmed to be in love with her and is on a quest to rescue a character based on her from captivity, and longs to communicate with him for real. Meanwhile, George wants to move into his own apartment and marry his girlfriend Tracy, who also has Down syndrome, but both face opposition from their families.
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: "George understood writing like a fish understands a tree. It cast a shadow over areas of his life, he knew it was there, and he could do nothing about it."
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_1a3a91dd	type	Say My Name
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_1a3a91dd	comment	Say My Name: Oemor screams "SUSAN!" every time he dies in the game.
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_1f83dc62	type	Named Like My Name
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_1f83dc62	comment	Named Like My Name: Susan's last name is Sarandon. She's embarrassed by it, and annoyed that her parents didn't realize they'd named her after a movie star.
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: George is the product of a teen pregnancy. His mum raised him by herself until Adam entered the picture.
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_3c862c60	type	Reverse Arm-Fold
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_3c862c60	comment	Reverse Arm-Fold: The teachers at Susan's school always clasp their hands behind their backs when they talk to students so they can't be accused of touching them.
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_4e3dee88	type	Their First Time
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_4e3dee88	comment	Their First Time: George and Tracy finally get to move in together. On their first night, George doesn't know what to do, so Tracy shows him.
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_5c1d5030	type	Grew Beyond Their Programming
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_5c1d5030	comment	Grew Beyond Their Programming: Oemor eventually learns to fight the joystick and move independently.
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_618dc1ea	type	Parent with New Paramour
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_618dc1ea	comment	Parent with New Paramour: When Mum and Adam first met, Adam played football with George and unsuccessfully tried to teach him math. His apparent friendliness was only due to his belief that George's intellectual disability could be "fixed" with proper parenting. Once Adam realized that George was never going to be any more normal, he mostly ignored him.
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_6c87dbef	type	Masturbation Means Sexual Frustration
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_6c87dbef	comment	Masturbation Means Sexual Frustration: George masturbates in his room while he thinks about Tracy. He's never been given any sex education — he only knows that he wishes Tracy could be there while he does it, and maybe even touch him, but he's worried she'd find it rude.
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_6d07bf85	type	Welcome to Corneria
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_6d07bf85	comment	Welcome to Corneria: Susan, George, Tracy, and Oemor finally beat the game together, and Oemor finds the cavern where the NPC Susan is being held. However, she can only say "Oemor my love? Is that you? Have you come to save me? Oemor my saviour set me free so I can once again return to my land and my dear father," over and over again. Oemor, who has gotten to know the real Susan through her entries in an in-game journal, is devastated by how different "she" is in person.
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_98b5f82b	type	Basement-Dweller
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_98b5f82b	comment	Basement-Dweller: George's mum is adamant that he will never move out.
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_a8a04f6f	type	And I Must Scream
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_a8a04f6f	comment	And I Must Scream: Oemor hates when Susan pauses the game because he's trapped immobile.
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_b23fd448	type	Gory Deadly Overkill Title of Fatal Death
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_b23fd448	comment	Gory Deadly Overkill Title of Fatal Death: The company that produced Nephilim Caves took Oemor's code from a character in their earlier game, Megadeath.
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_b58c51d8	type	My Beloved Smother
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_b58c51d8	comment	My Beloved Smother: Mum believes George is too "special" to do various things he wants to do, like get a job and play computer games for adults.
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_e9a3a1ed	type	Never Learned to Read
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_e9a3a1ed	comment	Never Learned to Read: George can't read. To his frustration, he's still required to "read" magazines with everyone else as one of his activities at College.
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_f07250e2	type	That Cloud Looks Like...
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_f07250e2	comment	That Cloud Looks Like...: George's bedroom is in the attic, with a window over his bed. He likes to look through it and look for shapes in the clouds.
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Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_fe7d9114	type	Sleeps with Both Eyes Open
Like a Fish Understands a Tree / int_fe7d9114	comment	Sleeps with Both Eyes Open: Susan falls asleep with her eyes open in class. She's usually awakened by the bell, too late to understand what the homework assignment is. When she first arrived at her new school, she would ask the other kids, but now they don't want to talk to her.
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