Wade desired safety and place that felt like home. Wade yearned for a place to live where he felt loved and cared for: “I always found myself imagining that I lived in that warm well-lit house, and that those smiling understating people were my family.” Wade wants to have a family, house, and life out of a sitcom. The wish to have the perfect life pushed him to imbue himself into a virtual world. In the OASIS, Wade believes life will be simple. Wade escapes into a different reality when he plays videogames and interacts online: “There, inside the game's two-dimensional universe, life was simple.” Wade believes a life inside the OASIS could be better that reality. Inside of OASIS, Wade finds safety in the virtual reality. Wade explains that in the OASIS, “No one could even touch me…I was safe.” Hiding behind a computer screen instead on facing reality allow Wade to finally feel safe in a world. Wade logs into OASIS; escaping a miserable, undesirable life in “The
Wade desired safety and place that felt like home. Wade yearned for a place to live where he felt loved and cared for: “I always found myself imagining that I lived in that warm well-lit house, and that those smiling understating people were my family.” Wade wants to have a family, house, and life out of a sitcom. The wish to have the perfect life pushed him to imbue himself into a virtual world. In the OASIS, Wade believes life will be simple. Wade escapes into a different reality when he plays videogames and interacts online: “There, inside the game's two-dimensional universe, life was simple.” Wade believes a life inside the OASIS could be better that reality. Inside of OASIS, Wade finds safety in the virtual reality. Wade explains that in the OASIS, “No one could even touch me…I was safe.” Hiding behind a computer screen instead on facing reality allow Wade to finally feel safe in a world. Wade logs into OASIS; escaping a miserable, undesirable life in “The