Derpy Mcderperson Mrs. ds British Literature 12 September 2010 Addiction’s toll on the family In the book Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt, Frank’s family is burdened by addiction from both his mother and his father. Although his mother’s addiction is arguably brought about by the effects of his father’s, both still take a heavy toll on the family. The problems are seen through the eyes of Frank McCourt, the oldest son in the family and witness to the many problems that it holds over the years. While the McCourts are in America, Malachy’s alcoholism starts causing problems for the Irish-American family. He would constantly spend all of the money that was put aside for food and the cost of living on alcohol.
One of the major reasons for Holden’s depression is failing at many different things. Holden does not have any close friends to talk to and has a very hard time establishing long term relationships. Another cause for his depression is the death of his younger brother Allie, he has always thought that the world would have been better off if he had died instead of his brother. There are many reasons for Holden’s depression including multiple failures, having very few friends, and the death of his younger brother Allie. A large portion of Holden’s depression comes from failing multiple times.
He is depressed, and in need of someone to talk to and to spend time with. His brother, Allie, was very important to him. When Allie died, Holden was a wreck, and is still affected by it today. He is also mad about his other brother, D.B., for leaving for Hollywood to become a “big time writer.” Holden is severely depressed by prior events in his life, and has no one to turn to for help and advice. In conclusion, the course of events that happened prior to Holden’s attending Pencey had changed who Holden was negatively, and this is apparent in his lack of attempt to become
He figures this out when visiting his old home in California. He was furious. This was untruthful of his dad, and that's one thing that Chris hates most. Because of this incident he stopped talking to either of his parents and was withdrawn for the first time in his life. “Chris's smoldering anger, it turns out was fueled by a discovery he'd made two summers earlier, during his cross-country wanderings... Chris pieced together the facts of his father's previous marriage and subsequent divorce-facts to which he hadn't been privy.” (p. 121) This is not good mainly for Chris and his dad's relationship and also his mom and him.
A divorced father called us to talk about how his stroke had caused his marriage to break up. “My personality changed and not for the better”.. He felt useless and became very angry as he could no longer work because of visual and memory problems. He couldn’t understand how he had lost everything. It is hard for a partner to cope with personality changes after a stroke especially if the other person has become aggressive and unpredictable.
Addiction Simulation Exercise This exercise made me realize how hard it really is for addicts to hide their addictions. It was very hard to hide this from my friends since I hang out with them the most. I felt scared that they would think of me differently and judge me, if they knew i was an addict. At first it didnt bother me if i didnt have it, but as the time went on, i felt like i had to have it with every dring because other wise it didnt tast the same. I felt like i couldnt enjoy the drinks the same way withought the ice cubes.
His case records are two inches thick filled with numerous diagnoses, including schizoid personality, paranoid schizophrenia, and manic-depressive psychosis ( also known as dipolar mood disorder now). Steven V’s father worked long hours and traveled quite often. Mr. V would always criticize his son and saw him as timid, weak, and withdrawn. Mr. V would show no sympathy towards Steven if he had lost a fight. In other words, he was disappointed in his son.
Genetically, they told him he was predisposed because of his grandfather. Psychologically, the pain and rage that he held inside him, from his childhood ear infections, was begging to be heard, the alcohol and drugs masked the pain. Environmentally, James kept company with others that drank or did drugs. When someone tried to help him, he would turn away from him or her, often leaving the city, state, or even the country. James was very aware of how sick he was, but he did not feel worthy of being helped, because he felt he would only let someone down.
His family abandoned, his son not even knowing what he was like had to ask his neighbors. A comment was made to his wife about missing him and she replied, “I already have. Missing him all these years.” (Goodman 398) It is important for a man to have balance in his life. Men can get so engulfed into their work that they forget to enjoy their life and before they know it, it’s over. Phil had a heart attack because he was so stressed out from work, and he didn’t have a life outside of work so he was always stressed out.
As shown, Holden is depressed in many ways: he fails in life, he is lonesome, and he still is affected by his brother's death. Holden is a failure because he cannot pass any classes in school, except English, and he cannot do anything right. He is lonely because he simply hates mostly everyone and, therefore, does not have any friends. Holden is depressed by his brother's death because that was his best friend. Holden's depression started with the loss of his best friend/brother and continued on with failure and loneliness throughout the rest of his