With the issue of the war, Henry is drawn to talk and is offended at Lewis idea to dress the soldiers is communist uniform.
Cherry decides that real equipment should be used to make it more "real" so she brings with her the shock treatment equipment with her. In the mean time there is a blackout which gives Lewis the opportunity to become closer to Julie. Zac also tries to seduce Ruth which ends up with Zac having a broken nose after Ruth is forced to hit him when he wont leave her alone.
Lucy decides to visit Lewis and see how he is going. The visit ends up with Lewis and Lucy is a fight when Lewis asks Lucy if she is having and affair with Nick.
On opening night Zac takes to many pills and becomes comatose, Roy gets stage fright, Lewis and Nick get into a fight, but somehow the performance still goes ahead and is titled a success.
After the show Lewis is thanked by Justin. Cherry promises Lewis that she will write him love letters, The last section of the play is an address to the audience by Lewis. Lewis informs the audience of the patients after he leaves, we are told that Lucy and Nick didn't last long together as they could not remain faithful, Henry died soon after, Roy went from ward to ward, Julie died from a drug overdose and Zac left the asylum and joined and rock and roll group named the Psychotic Wagners.
Cosi is a novel that deals with the harsh reality of life. It depicts that views that the "sane" have of the " insane" . Then novel presents the idea of who really is sane, those inside the asylum or those in the outside world.
The novel has two main themes, Love and Fidelity and Madness. Each.
character has a different view on love and fidelity. Some believe in loves while others don't. For example Julie describes love as" being foolish and stupid. Love is hallucinating without drugs." compared to Roy who says " Love is what you feel when you don't have enough emotion left to hate" .
