Ordinary People Personal Response

“Ordinary People” Term Paper I feel the most related toward Conrad. As he has problems with being social and has some built up anger from over the years. To me Conrad plays a roll of a person who fights and struggles. Not with just his friends and other people, but with his family. Conrad feels apart from his mom as do I, for me my mother neglected me when I was younger and paid more attention to my younger brothers. And I feel how Conrad felt when his mother didn’t visit him in the hospital. That same neglect, that made us feel alone. It made Conrad and I feel like we were the only people in the world. And hated everyone for it, that is why it was hard to talk to people. The loneliness made him and I awkwardly anti-social. Him and I had to
As if you were a hollow empty shell of a human being, just waiting for something to fill it. And when Conrad meets prat and they date, she starts filling in that hole. Just enough that he doesn`t have to feel that pain anymore and doesn`t have to feel alone, but that hole will always be there waiting for something to happen. If something was to happen to Conrad while that hole in him is filling up, as would it would happen to anyone. The repercussions would mean a relaps on his mental health. And even if it`s an illusion it`s better than snapping, “Depending on the reality one must face, one may prefer to opt for illusion.” This is where i can sort of relate, cause i`ve been in situations where the relationship wasn`t real. And this made me realize that even if you can fill it with something, even if its fake. It`s better than being so gloomy and in a miserable state all the time. That is why i`m relating to Conrad cause everyone has a bit of darkness, but at the same time they can be caring and happy. so i write what is real and Conrad is as real as they come to suiting just about anyone. Do to the fact everyone has gone through a hard time in their life. I have gone through hard times with people dieing and not