In a sense the holding environment of the family itself, i.e. the capacity and environment of the family unit to hold these intense emotions was negligible, not only did the parents send the message that they were unable to deal with intense emotions, they also related that they were unwilling to do so. Mary’s depressive reaction to this was two fold. There is an aspect where her cutting and depression were ways to reign in the family’s attention, to inject some emotional caring into her family, which she did successfully as evidenced by the family’s urgency at entering therapy. However, through therapy more was revealed about her depressive feelings and behavior. Through understanding what was going on in the room, the push and pull of how her parents would be minimizing of the emotional content and Mary’s reactions, it was eventually interpreted that in many ways her depression was a way of getting back at her parents, a…
The lyrics above by Twenty One Pilots explains how it felt after his car radio was stolen.He talks about how “quiet is violent” ,being alone without any distractions like people or music to keep you from thinking of those dangerous thoughts. The protagonist in Watanabe’s Kid’s Story (2003) had similar characteristics of being alienated and having thoughts of suicide. On his way to his classroom the viewer is able to point out a noticeable difference in Popper’s locker than…
When one is internally consumed by resentment, they become isolated and it takes an extreme event such as a great loss to regain inner peace. A young teen in the story “The Moths” is the outcast in her family. She isn’t girly or dainty like the rest of her sisters. The narrator almost always feels alone, even at church. The only person that can make her feel safe is her grandmother.…
Imagine a flightless bird, injured and alone in the forest, watching their flock fly away without them. This is what Melinda’s, the main character in Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, life is like. Melinda was raped the summer before freshman year and no one knew, she then panicked and called the cops causing her peers to believe she ruined the party, and because of this Melinda isolated herself and became stuck in a void of depression, which caused her to be incredibly quiet and melancholy. Her friends and family do not understand what it is that is debilitating her and therefore do not do anything to help her, assuming that she cannot be helped out of her flightlessness. They all fly away from her due to the fact they see her as something that holds them back and assume it is her fault for not…
Janet is a thirty-year-old mother of three young children. She is currently struggling with multiple stressors (divorce, social support, financial problems). At this point in time Janet’s suffering results from a combination of these life stressors and her maladaptive thought processes.…
Emily spent many years away from her family, which made it difficult for her to grow with her family. Every time she returned home she had to adjust to a new aspect of life as well as reconnect with the things that weren’t there when she left. Even with the narrators attempts to reconnect with her daughter things are never the same. The attempts came to late in Emily’s life and now all she can do is hope that Emily can recover for her future. This story really shows how absences in ones life during key moments can really take a toll and not only effect the present but also the…
2.The author alludes to personal trauma and a need to control and to take care her own feelings. She needs to stay strong by herself.…
For example, “We had long thought of them as a tableau; Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled silhouette in the foreground”(3), which shows their wrong perception of her. Additionally, Miss Emily alienates from her neighbors because they are modernized, whereas she still lives in the past. For example, she doesn’t accept free postal delivery. The impact of grief on Miss Emily is evident when she doesn’t leave her house for six months, but the impact seems clearer, once the neighbors enter the house after she dies. Her house has faded rose colors and permeating dust everywhere. The color and dust show exhibits a bleak and miserable ambiance. Therefore, the author uses alienation to demonstrate that rich people lives are not easy and the effect of grief on people. The overarching message tells readers that people do not really know each…
Imagine a child in a large shopping area, like the Mall of America with their parents. Their most important task is to not get lost because of the fear of isolation. I was that child. When I was younger my family went to the Mall of America and we got put into a situation of being broken off from each other. Everyone in my group was afraid, my parents were freaking out because no one could get ahold of anyone. We all were flustered because we did not want to be alone and did not want to be lost in such a large place. This led to us crying and freaking out due to the stress and isolation that had been pushed upon us. Many variations of American Literature can directly tie to this idea of isolation. All the pieces of literature we have studied this year have a common theme,that the fear of isolation leads to emotional pain in the life of the characters.…
People are too busy running away from their monsters to check over their shoulders, missing the opportunity to see a small shadow running after them. The novel, “The First Time She Drowned” by Kerry Kletter targets the theme on parental mental and physical abuse. The main idea of the novel is that the transgenerational cycle of abuse can only be broken through confrontation. Three points to help understand the main idea of the novel is, first, Cassie O’Malley’s (the protagonist) mother never truly resolves her own abusive past. Secondly, Cassie opens a door to healing by confronting her inner demons through a therapist. The last point is the final confrontation that gives Cassie a sense of clarity and freedom from the cycle of abuse. For example, when Cassie O’Malley went through the years of abuse from her mother and enrols herself into a college, she thinks those years of abuse are far behind her, but she doesn’t realize that the only way her past…
Jose Gomez Professor Martinez ENC1102 21 January 2018 Response to “A Rose For Emily” In Faulkner’s “A Rose For Emily” points out that unlike todays life style where people can go out and find potential suitors, women were expected to get married young and take care of the household. Unlike the women in the story, women can go to college and find successful jobs. They can support themselves, while being single, without the expectations of a man to take care of them. Back then women did not have these types of choice, their father would find a suitor for them.…
e are defined by our past experiences, individuals are ever-changing based on our beliefs and experiences throughout our lives. William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” depicts the transformation of Emily. A young women who was originally a young and vibrant women, gradually transitions into a secluded and sympathized character. This is a symbol of her family’s history of mental illness, which she in turn inherited and ultimately affects her as her life progresses. Homer Barron’s close resemblance to Emily’s father, an unwillingness to let people go, and her isolation from the world which resulted in subsequent loneliness all point towards the argument that Emily’s mental illness is what lead to her killing Homer Barron.…
Theme 4 explores: life stories depicting compromised mental health. This theme states patients would resort to unhealthy coping mechanisms that are destructive in their best interest just to find an emotional escape. This is linked to triggering factors in their lives. Some of the participants stated having mental health problems in early life. Participate #4 says, “At the age of 14 I started being depressed; I started feeling down most of the time; I didn't know what was wrong” These mental health problems that occurred in early teenage years became a recurring feeling through adulthood such as depression and anxiety. The participants felt different kinds of emotions due to things that happened in their lives and did not know how to express…
“No one’s life is a smooth sail; we all come into stormy weather.” This statement has more truth to it than one may think. In life, everybody reaches a rough point, a point where the light at the end of the tunnel seems dim, or even nonexistent. But overcoming this adversity is what builds character. Accepting and prevailing over life’s obstacles are what separate strong, independent-minded and forward-thinking people from those who give up and avoid their problems. Anne Moody, author of Coming of Age in Mississippi, lived a life of great struggle in which she overcame adversity with great efforts and a dedicated heart and mind.…
The reader is guided through a person’s relatively depressive thoughts and emotions plus her outlook on life.…