This is madness

I've begun to notice that Jack is taking on his own personality and is no longer following others paths and acting as the rag doll to all of his friends. Instead, Neal is beginning to turn into the copycat and wants to be every mad person that he meets. "He took me into a corner. 'That Allen Anson is the greatest most wonderful of all. That's what I was trying to tell you ... That's what I want to be... I want to be like him..... You see, if you go like him all the time you'll finally get it." Neal says this about at least 3 other characters he meets. So basically, the tables have turned. Now Jack thinks for himself and actually gets angry at Neal for being an idiot rather than constantly admiring him and Neal is like a dog chasing after people he sees as Gods. The more people Neal meets, the crazier he starts to get as well. He keeps talking about finding IT and doesn't even specify what IT means. It's as if he's sunken into the deep end of looney town and just babbles about having to constantly move and find something that he doesn't even know for certain exists or if he'll ever find it. "'Get what?' 'IT! IT! I'll tell you--now no time, we have no time now.'" 

Neal also gets too carried away in himself. He'll be calm and serene at one point but the moment others start to get excited, he'll not only get excited with them, but he'll become over the top. "He began to rock in the piano seat, back and forth, slowly at first, then the beat went up, and he began rocking fast, his left foot jumped up with every beat, his neck began to rock crookedly, he brought his face down to the keys, he pushed his hair back, his combed hair dissolved, he began to sweat." Every time Neal becomes enthusiastic, he sweats as though he is having a major work out and I feel like all this happiness really takes a toll on his body but since he's so crazy, his mind ignores all human necessity. Maybe it'll hurt him in the end, or maybe he's just able to deal with his madness.