Integrity is characteristic which is greatly admired and a quality which most desire to achieve through their growth as an individual person. Throughout Dan Chaon’s short story “Big Me” this theme of integrity and completeness or wholeness plays an important role in the life of the main character. John O’Day’s strange yet imaginative perspective on his life and the world around him leaves him constantly searching to fill the void spots which …showed first 75 words of 574 total…

…showed last 75 words of 574 total…order to deal with them he could just fall upon his strange habits and escape to his fantasy world. Integrity is something that we all strive to achieve. A sense of wholeness is gravely important in order to feel complete. It is up to the individual person what mechanism is used to obtain this feeling. For most this mechanism is applied in reality. For John O’Day it is easier to escape into a fantasy.