Snow Hunters Character Analysis

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18.2% of the United State’s population suffers from mental illness according to Newsweek.com. Yohan in the book Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon, like myself, deals with many internal struggles. Both the character and I deal with the issues of social phobia, depression, and post-traumatic stress. Dealing with these issues can be incredibly lonely and difficult. Snow Hunters can make one dealing with mental illness feel less alone.
Social anxiety is an extremely tricky and hard to deal with illness. For me, it makes everyday tasks and common things hard to do. Yohan, the main character deals with social anxiety which is shown by how he interacts with the new people around him. Yohan’s anxiety kept him from doing things he felt he should have,