Wrapping up blankets pt.1

I can't exactly recall what happens in the last few chapters of blankets (since I left my book in the classroom), I can tell you that it is not Garden State all over again. For one thing, in garden state the two lovers stay together, while in blankets, not so much. that's huge. Like Time comments on the back of the book, its a first-love story, but its also about one's obsessions and leaving them behind. In garden state, the girl acted as the catalyst that helped the protagonist's overcoming his obsession (depression, to be exact); in blankets, the girl is the object of obsession that the protagonist must overcome.