A Theme Of Grief And Loss
Grief comes in different stages. With grief, some people may experience constant thoughts of being worthless or hopeless. Unable to perform day-to-day activities also, some people may have delusions, and hallucinations (hearing voices or seeing things that are not there).
Jack at first goes through denial, “nothing is ever certain.” (Seabold 21), Jack has just learned one of Susie’s body parts was found. He did not want to accept the fact that his daughter is dead so he tries to deny it. In most cases, if not all, when a part of the victim or missing person is found, the conclusion is usually murder. The way Jack handled his grief was he ignored the fact that Susie was murdered. Did not share it with anyone and tried to ignore the …show more content…
However, the other quote is saying just accept the fact she will not come home. Just get on with life but still remember Susie.
Then Jack goes through a period of anger, he expresses it in two different ways. The first one was attempting to smash the memory encased in the bottled ships that he put together, piece by piece, with Susie and with his dad when he was younger. “Other times people become angry with themselves if they feel they could have done something more to stop the loss from happening.”
(Grief and loss). “Susie,” he whispered, the second syllable whipped like a snake. “You know something,” My father said. (Sebold 57). The last quote was between Jack and Mr. Harvey and Jack thought Mr. Harvey knew something about Susie, which explains the part about the anger with grief.
After Jack goes through grief, he goes through a stage of depression. He wished to get revenge on Mr. Harvey and avenge his daughter, but he failed. Jack experienced the symptoms of depression, like withdrawn from the family and feeling restless (“Depression - What You Need to Know.”). "Susie is dead," he said now, unable to make it fit in the rules of any game Susie even cries in heaven when Jack is trying to explain Monopoly (Sebold
Jack at first goes through denial, “nothing is ever certain.” (Seabold 21), Jack has just learned one of Susie’s body parts was found. He did not want to accept the fact that his daughter is dead so he tries to deny it. In most cases, if not all, when a part of the victim or missing person is found, the conclusion is usually murder. The way Jack handled his grief was he ignored the fact that Susie was murdered. Did not share it with anyone and tried to ignore the …show more content…
However, the other quote is saying just accept the fact she will not come home. Just get on with life but still remember Susie.
Then Jack goes through a period of anger, he expresses it in two different ways. The first one was attempting to smash the memory encased in the bottled ships that he put together, piece by piece, with Susie and with his dad when he was younger. “Other times people become angry with themselves if they feel they could have done something more to stop the loss from happening.”
(Grief and loss). “Susie,” he whispered, the second syllable whipped like a snake. “You know something,” My father said. (Sebold 57). The last quote was between Jack and Mr. Harvey and Jack thought Mr. Harvey knew something about Susie, which explains the part about the anger with grief.
After Jack goes through grief, he goes through a stage of depression. He wished to get revenge on Mr. Harvey and avenge his daughter, but he failed. Jack experienced the symptoms of depression, like withdrawn from the family and feeling restless (“Depression - What You Need to Know.”). "Susie is dead," he said now, unable to make it fit in the rules of any game Susie even cries in heaven when Jack is trying to explain Monopoly (Sebold