The+Masturbatorium

The Masturbatorium -

In this chapter we start to learn a little more about our main charactorand the importance of Dr. Finch and his mother. This chapter tells us about Dr. Finches Masturbatorium and what he does with that room. We also learn why Augusten's mother is going to therapy. This chapter is the beginning where Augusten innocence starts to fade as he learns more intamate things about the world and how it works. Later in the chapter Dr. Finch decides to give them a tour of the Masturbatorium and spots his daughter sleeping. He purposefully sparks an arguement with his daughter so that he can get Augustens mother sparked. Augustens mother oppresses her anger and it can be very dangerous for her health. Dr. Finch draws Her into the arguement to get her to release some of the tensions she is feeling and bottling up inside of her.Augusten after becoming disgusted with the fact that they were arguing it went out of the room after hope and talked to her where she explained the importance of the arguement. Augusten tries to pry information out of Hope and finds our she isnt married because she is waiting for a guy like her father who is as emotionally indepth as the Dr. himself. Hope also explains the normality of one basic human function. Augusten in this chapter begans to understand more of the world around him and how people affect eachother. he learns about his father and his mother, he learns about the Dr. and his expectation of doctors is just a joke. He starts to understand that although they are intellegent doctors are also human. They are not perfect but they are educated in the best way they can educate themselves.