My favorite section of the book Wringer was when Palmer got the treatment.  He was yelling and screaming because the treatment hurt so much.  He knew when he turned 10 that he was going to get the treatment and he knew that the treatment was going to hurt really bad and leave a really bad bruise on his arm.  He was not going to like his 10th birthday and he knew he was going to get the treatment.  When the treatment was over he was glad that he got the treatment done and over with and would never get the treatment again.  He was just glad that he was finally 10 years old in some ways.  In one way he might have been a wringer and he did not want to get the treatment.  He was glad all that was over at last and he is glad that all that will never happen again. He knew he was never going to get the treatment again.