Novella - Purpose and Goals

Purpose of the Novella:

- Convey the **reality of long-term suffering**, even when invisible.

- Show how **existential anxiety, OCD, bipolar, and societal misunderstanding** trap someone.

- Make people **feel compassion** and **see the need for reform**.

- Be paired with the Petition to **move hearts and minds**.



Key Narrative Goals:


1. Invisible Suffering — Emotional and mental suffering that outsiders can’t see.

2. Slavery to Emotion — Especially when abnormal biology overpowers logic or values.

3. Biological Roots of Emotion — Highlighted later through art like Venus and Cupid (Bronzino) and neuroscience.

4. The Limits of Willpower — Showing that for people on the spectrum's edges (e.g., intense OCD or hypersexuality), cognition alone isn't enough.

5. Compassionate Realism — Acknowledging without sugarcoating what it means to live with overwhelming urges or fears.

6. Petition Message — That biological suffering should be reduced early, so people don’t suffer this way.

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