Ordinary People Chapter 2 Summary

Ordinary People
In chapter 22 where Conrad fights Stillman because Stillman couldn’t keep his mouth shut it made Conrad explode. I personally can relate to Conrad because people like to piss me off to the point where I would get into fights with them. Sometimes there are words that are said that just makes the situation even worse. “Someone says,” Shut the fuck up, will you?” (pg. 178). And when someone else butts in the conversation that doesn’t involve them irritates the living crap out of me. But afterwards Conrad felt bad and just sits there thinking about what he had done. Later on at night when Conrad gets home he thinks about the punishment and that has happened to me so many times the reason is when you are so mad you do not think straight
In chapter 24, Jeannine talks to Conrad about her mom cheating on her dad with another person and that her parents are going to get a divorce. I found out not too long ago that my dad cheated on my mom with another woman. The woman that my dad cheated on with has been my step-mom for 10 years now. Her name is Anna and when I first started living with my dad, I thought Anna was trying to replace my real mom. Well when we had that conversation, she said that she would never replace my mom ever. Well Jeannine and Conrad are alone; Jeannine started to talk to Conrad about how her mother has been dating this guy before divorcing her dad. She starts to sob and tells Conrad that she always hoped that her parents would be able to get back together. Conrad comforts her and was feeling strong and needed by her at that point. Therefore, when I called my mom about dad cheating on her she was like Conrad and I was like Jeannine at the point. I asked my mom a whole bunch of questions about if they were to ever gets back together would you guys be happy with each other. Mom told me that she and my dad would be to unhappy with each other. Sometimes I blame myself for my parent’s divorce when my mom has told me that it is not
When my Jennie passed away at this point, I did not know what to do with my life. Obviously, Conrad went to therapy for his problem because his dad made him, his mom did not really care about him at all or at least that is what she acted like. On the other hand, my mom cared more than Conrad’s mother did. However, unlike Conrad’s mom, my dad did not go on any vacation when I was in the hospital. Then my trip to the hospital I was with my mother over that summer. My dad didn’t believed that I shouldn’t have gone to a hospital, but he doesn’t know that I was so depressed about Jennie’s death that I was physically, mentally, and emotionally sick. I did not eat for several days I was so drained of energy and I was very moody all because a death of my best friend. I would not think that a death of someone would affect you so bad. Nevertheless, when we started reading the book and you told us to do this assignment I was so ready. My dad was actually there for me when Jennie passed that was the only time I felt that my dad actually cared. Though I think, my life was kind of like Conrad’s, both Conrad, I lost someone very close to us, and then we got help. One of our parents is in our life while the other