On Chesil Beach Childhood Trauma
ENG 102
Professor Mullen
24 March 2017 The Psychological Struggles of Childhood Trauma with Ian McEwan On Chesil Beach focuses on the wedding night of Edward and Florence. McEwan describes their few hours of a honeymoon as painful. They sent through a long awkward dinner. McEwan incorporates flashbacks to Edward’s and Florence’s families and upbringings. It is very clear that their marriage has already demonstrating failure. The novel is based on the year 1962. They are encountered with difficulty in sexuality, trust, and anger issues. After almost twelve hours, Florence and Edward have a huge argument about Florence’s fear of have sex. Florence walked away from Edward. This was the major step toward ending their marriage. One of the leading …show more content…
Throughout this novel McEwan demonstrates many examples of childhood trauma and physiological struggles. For example, Edward establishes anger many times in the novel. “So, his anger surged again” (McEwan 135). Edward demonstrates a few symptoms of physiological struggles from childhood trauma. These symptoms include irritability, violence, and extreme emotional reactions (Shpancer). Edward seen fist fighting as a “wild freedom” (McEwan 93). The root of Edward’s anger can possibly come from his mother’s accident. McEwan states in the novel, “he was now acting a part” (McEwan 78). At the age of sixteen Edward had begun having many moody rambles. This was near the time of his mother’s accident. Edward had a feeling of “separateness” (McEwan 78). This feeling of separateness could have led to his childhood trauma triggering his …show more content…
Insecure attachments have been “found to mediate the links between early trauma and psychological ramifications” (Shpancer). It also leads to self-blame and guilt. For example, Florence felt as if something was wrong with her because she didn’t dream of having sexual intercourse. She thinks there was “something wrong with her head (McEwan 86). However, there was nothing wrong with Florence. She had lacked affectation as child. Therefore, she did not know how to react to physical contact especially sexual interactions. Neural pathways developed from childhood traumatic involvements help shape how one can respond to others. Many adults will find themselves repeating the equivalent behaviors and patterns throughout their
Professor Mullen
24 March 2017 The Psychological Struggles of Childhood Trauma with Ian McEwan On Chesil Beach focuses on the wedding night of Edward and Florence. McEwan describes their few hours of a honeymoon as painful. They sent through a long awkward dinner. McEwan incorporates flashbacks to Edward’s and Florence’s families and upbringings. It is very clear that their marriage has already demonstrating failure. The novel is based on the year 1962. They are encountered with difficulty in sexuality, trust, and anger issues. After almost twelve hours, Florence and Edward have a huge argument about Florence’s fear of have sex. Florence walked away from Edward. This was the major step toward ending their marriage. One of the leading …show more content…
Throughout this novel McEwan demonstrates many examples of childhood trauma and physiological struggles. For example, Edward establishes anger many times in the novel. “So, his anger surged again” (McEwan 135). Edward demonstrates a few symptoms of physiological struggles from childhood trauma. These symptoms include irritability, violence, and extreme emotional reactions (Shpancer). Edward seen fist fighting as a “wild freedom” (McEwan 93). The root of Edward’s anger can possibly come from his mother’s accident. McEwan states in the novel, “he was now acting a part” (McEwan 78). At the age of sixteen Edward had begun having many moody rambles. This was near the time of his mother’s accident. Edward had a feeling of “separateness” (McEwan 78). This feeling of separateness could have led to his childhood trauma triggering his …show more content…
Insecure attachments have been “found to mediate the links between early trauma and psychological ramifications” (Shpancer). It also leads to self-blame and guilt. For example, Florence felt as if something was wrong with her because she didn’t dream of having sexual intercourse. She thinks there was “something wrong with her head (McEwan 86). However, there was nothing wrong with Florence. She had lacked affectation as child. Therefore, she did not know how to react to physical contact especially sexual interactions. Neural pathways developed from childhood traumatic involvements help shape how one can respond to others. Many adults will find themselves repeating the equivalent behaviors and patterns throughout their