Depression sets in on Hulga, she begins to cry, to think of her family. She begins to imagine suicide; she’s already lost everything, and thinks she has no reason to live. She punches out the glass of the window, and pulls herself up so that her stomach rests on the window frame. She looks down, spotting a double sided axe, used for chopping fire wood, which was stuck firmly in a tree stump. All she has to do is land on the axe, she thinks to
She grows up on a big ranch in Mexico, and her family is rich and important. Esperanza spends her time going to school, learning to love the ranch and being spoiled by “Papi”, her father. Her main worry is what kind of dress she will wear to the next fancy party. When Papi dies the day before her 13th birthday, Esperanza and her mother find themselves without a home or a way to make money in Mexico. They decide to move to the United States.
Maria’s mother acts fast and hides Maria and Alberto in the hole her father made for their safety. Maria’s mother scarifies herself for the safety of her children. If Maria’s mother went into the hole with them the Contras would of notice the untouched breakfast on the table and would search for them and kill them all. By Maria’s mother staying behind the Contras thought they got everyone in the house and would not search for Maria and Alberto. Trauma begins when Maria hears everything from the hole and the torturing and screaming of her mother.
One day Gustavo went to his country Spain then he never showed up again, Celia was very upset and she lost living her will to live. Though she has no known medical condition, she wastes away due to depression. While she is housebound, Jorge del Pino, courts her and persuades her to marry him. After their honeymoon, he leaves her at home with his mother and sister while he goes on long business trips, punishing her out of his jealousy for her past with Gustavo. His mother and sister are cruel to Celia, even more so after she becomes pregnant.
Only a month before the baby is expected, they went to the hospital to have a checkup on the baby. Lawrence left to go to the local store and left Flossie home alone. Coming home after a half hour, Lawrence got home and found Flossie laying on the floor. He called Dr. David M. McCoy to the house. He delivered Lawrence Exeter Jr. on October 3, 1903, at 1:32 p.m. Christmas was only around the corner and they wanted Lawrence Jr. to have his first of many family moments.
Caleb’s anger gets the best of him and he brings Aron to see their mother Kate, the owner of the whorehouse. Aron is so hurt by this he runs off to the army as a suicide attempt. Caleb blames himself. He only forgives himself when his father, on his deathbed, says to him the word Timshel, the “two-word translation,”…”Thou mayest.”
‘Year of Wonders’ ‘So Soon to be Dust’ (127 – 135) Plot: In this chapter, Maggie Cantwell and Brand, the pantry boy, return to Eyam after leaving due to the Bradford’s abandonment and closing-up of their Hall. Maggie has suffered some sort of stroke, as the right side of her body is sagged. Brand recounts the horror they suffered in the town of Bakewell. Anna goes to the tavern to ask for a horse and cart to take Maggie back to her cottage, but is instead humiliated by her drunken father and returns to the rectory without the cart. By the time Anna returns, Maggie has suffered another stroke, now completely unable to control her body and is in some sort of coma.
Due to Candy’s bad impression of Curley’s wife to George and Lennie, George became paranoid and gave Lennie strict rules to follow, which eventually caused Curley’s wife to die as a result. Furthermore, Candy is in the barn staring at Curley’s wife’s dead body and cursing at her by saying, “You God damn
The reason to Conrad’s suicide attempt is his mom's acute coldness towards him shows her ultimate despise of Conrad because she blames him for not dying instead of her favorite first born son. After his suicide, Conrad is asked to see a psychiatrist by his father. Cal tries to bring the family back together, Beth, Conrad and himself, but fails to do so. Beth never once visited Conrad in the hospital and barely checks up on him to see if he was asleep. She began to shut herself from her husband and most importantly, her son.
When George isn’t there to help him, things can go terribly wrong. One night when all of the men went out, Lennie was left at the ranch. When the boss’s daughter-in-law came to visit Lennie accidentally killed the woman. After he realizes she is dead, he instantly knows he did something wrong and that George will be angry with him. Lennie becomes confused and doesn’t know where to go or what to do.