Mental Illness In Silver Lining

A person’s perspective Can be examined and express differently however unique. The matter race age gender excited on not even if the person struggles with mental illness. Someone with mental illness is not any different from a person who function of thinking and mood is stable. That same struggle Pat from silver lining battle the world because of his mental illness. Whether it is with his parents, friends or a regular day has a effect on him because of his struggles. The novel Silver lining portray an accurate situation of a day in the life of a person dealing with mental illness. To begin with, Pat coming back from the bad place and Ronnie invited him to dinner over his house with Veronica and for the first time meeting Tiffany. When invited to the dinner Pat sits down with his friend Ronnie and his wife Veronica and Veronica's sister Tiffany both Pat and Veronica were treated as second class citizens. Ronnie nor his wife gave the opportunity to let Pat and Tiffany express themselves. . “ Ronnie and Veronica trade facts about their guest for almost 15 minutes straight” ( Quick 49 ). The pair were not given an option to share what the two desire to discuss but were treated
Pat remember to take his medication, clean after his father and organize the house before his mother gets home. “ Maybe mom is testing me - I really want to please mom” ( Quick 134 ). Pat fears of letting down his family more importantly his mother who fought for him the most while in the bad place, and when his mother protesting against the father Pat took charge to make things right. “ I do all the dishes by hand-I scrub the pan my father burned. And then I vacuum the family room.”( Quick 149). Pat showed in the novel cleaning after his father while his mother is away, Pat stepping up to the plate helping Jeanie with the