Chapter eleven opens with a description of sleeping beauty, a term used to describe a person's appearance when he or she is not feeling well. In this chapter, the term is used to refer to a person who is sleeping well but is not able to sleep well. The narrator tells us that the term "sleep ing syndrome" refers to the phenomenon in which a person is unable to fall asleep during the night. He says that the phenomenon will continue to occur until the person is old enough to go to bed. He tells the reader that he has been taking his sleeping medication and that he will see how it affects him in the future. He asks the reader to remember that he is still alive and that the world is still turning without him. He is depressed and has stopped attending school. His parents have taken him to an acting workshop. The workshop is for beginners and experienced actors. The group is small, but the narrator tells the audience that he found them all and that they should not forget about him. The audience is shocked to hear this, and the narrator says that he does not need any skills to be successful in life. He reminds the audience of his beauty, which he says will be a "powerful weapon" to make them remember him. She reminds him that he was told that he would be cured of his sleeping disorder once he was an adult. She tells him that if he still does not get better within two years, he will have to stay onstage.