Joe Rose become obsessive Jed Perry is believed to have an obsession with Joe Rose, which may be deemed as unrequited love. Jed suffers from ‘de Clérambault’s syndrome’, a delusional disorder that typically involves a person who wrongly believes that another person is in love with him or her. The latter person mentioned tends to be older and of higher social status. The de Clérambault’s syndrome is also known as Erotomania. What is striking about Erotomania is that the subject (Jed) sees patterns and signals from the love object (Joe) and creates an environment around him and his love object. Still, there are some reasons that may confirm that to some extent Joe also has an obsession with Jed. To begin with, an accident occurs when Joe and Clarissa, his girlfriend, are enjoying a picnic after not having seen each other for six weeks, marking the starting point of the story. A hot air balloon falls from the sky, and Joe and others, people who are around, try to help a kid tra...