And it may be some need to justify this theory that is influencing my perceptions , but the fact he chose hallucination over reality in the end may as well be a metaphor for the same thing . And then I read the following passage , which came a little bit later in Jacob 's recap . The definition of madness is the inability to filter out the false from the true ... Our bodies know better , they call it dreaming , and they force us awake . Stay there and become mad , become chimerical , abominable , something that can not exist .

Question: Why did he choose hallucination over reality ?
Answer: Hallucinations were scarier and he liked to be frightened .None of the above choices .He did n't like to suffer in the real world anymore .Sometimes the real world just is n't enough for someone .