Joel Clavell

Supporting Adam

As for support system, well they’re busy a lot, but they do see Adam at home—it’s their son who doesn’t really want to see them, being holed up in his room a lot. I’m not sure how Adam did it, all I know is that he fought for the idea to transfer to Dalton Academy with an intensity that his parents had never seen before in him.

It was actually very unsettling, coming from the normally quiet boy, and his parents had the feeling that if they didn’t agree, he’d do something about it himself—that was how serious it got. It was strange, but they let him go. 

Facts about Mr. Clavell

1. His only child is Adam.
2. Mr and Mrs. Clavell are normal people, if not rather conservative folk.
3. They live in the burbs and really don’t have anything particularly unusual about them.
4. Mr. Clavell is a manufacturing plant superintendent.
5. They’re not rich, but are well enough off to give Adam the more expensive option of education that he wanted by going to Dalton Academy.
   
6. They know he’s a fan of Julian’s—there’s a Something Damaged poster in his room (they of course missed the biggest signs: if you check his internet history, he actually runs one of the bigger fansites. And…you know, there’s the “shrine”, which is basically a stack of fanmail and flowers and cut outs and…yeah, I think you get the drift.)
   
7. Mr. and Mrs. Clavell know that their son is a very quiet boy, but their son doesn’t tell them a whole lot of things.
8. When him and his wife came to see Adam, he didn't talk to them and later said he didn't want to see them at all since they didn't understand.