Grief is another way that monstrosity is realased from inside a child. This avenue is explored in A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. In this illustrated novel, the main character Conor is losing his mother to cancer and is visited by a monster who takes the shape of a yew tree at the same time, 12:07. When visited by the monster, Conor must listen to three tales before eventually having to his truth to the monster: that he wants to let go of his mother so both he and she can be free from the pain that they are both experiencing throughout the entire process of her illness. The monster is not just a character that visits Conor to help him through his grieving process, but something more, exposing something older about the way humans relate to their own monstrosity that is caused by their emotions. While it may seem like the monster is an external part of Conor's world, there are many times when it becomes clear that the monster is infact a part of Conor and his own human monstrosity.