In the story Of Sound Mind, by Jean Ferris a young boy named Theo is struggling in his senior year of high school. Not only because of the choices he has to make for which college to go to. He also has to live with the stress of having to be his family?s interpreter; both his parents and younger brother are deaf. His mother Palma is very self-absorbed and careless to see and care about others feelings. Theo sees a young girl at the bus stop one day and is instantly attracted to her. He begins to sign to himself, but quickly stops when he realizes what he was doing. They both see each othe…
