Stereotypes Of Skyler White

Sometimes the characters on tv shows can feel one dimensional and flat, like walking talking stereotypes. There is only a short amount of screen time for writers to allow each character, which can lead to them feeling less like a person and more like a caricature. It is a sign of good writing when a show’s characters can not be summerized in one word. The writers of the tv series Breaking Bad have definitely succeeded in that. The people depicted in their show are genuine and interesting. Skyler White is a complex and multifaceted person that shows the care and concern she feels by being controlling and headstrong. When we are first introduced to Skyler we are immediately made aware that she is the one normally in control of her household.
While they are shopping for Walt Jr.’s clothing in the “Pilot,” Skyler’s behavior seems particularly overbearing. Her son seems completely exasperated with her, giving us a feeling that this is how she always acts during shopping trips. But when looked at from Skyler’s point of view it is rather understandable why she behaves in such away. It is very unlikely that this is the only instance where the White family has had to deal with people bullying or discriminating against Walt Jr. and Skyler can not confront every person who does so. From the perspective of a loving mother, this is a very distressing fact of life. So she distracts herself and the others by constantly asking her son questions about the jeans and ends up coming off as
It’s not until she shouts “I don’t want him to die at all!” nearly in tears that it really, truly hits the audience what this means for Skyler. This is not Skyler simply ignoring Walter’s choice to live the rest of his life how he wants to, this is her being rightfully scared and unwilling to lose the man she loves. It is ultimately very selfish of her but also understandable. She is a mother of a son with a disability, has another baby on the way, and has just learned her husband is dying. It is only natural that she wants to fight the inevitable for the man she loves. She denies Walter’s impending death so much because she does not want to lose