The themes that occur every day and in the novel “Destroying Avalon” and the film “The Colour Purple” are death/loss, bullying and relationships. Death/loss is something that occurs every day in society and people must overcome it to move on with their lives. Death is an equaliser to mankind regardless of our social structure, we all view death as a sadness because it is the end of our physical relationships. However the death of a young person is what creates the most despair for those who are left behind. For example in “Destroying Avalon” Avalon had to face the death of her best friend Marshall who took his own life because of being bullied for so many years and not letting anyone to support him through his tough times.
Olivia Cartwright 2/8/2012 Status: Individual Not Started (Due February 9, 2012 3:00 PM) 1. Impact of Uncle John's death- Uncle John refuses to see a doctor and had been sick for several months. In their culture when a love one dies you’re expected to wail and cry to properly show your grief. His wife Enifa was screaming at first then she started grasping for her breath. Then his mothers face twisted like she had eaten something sour.
Losing My Grandfather Losing someone who can’t be replaced by anyone else is harder than losing a million dollars. I have been deeply affected by my past experience of learning to overcome disturbances and finding out that there are some things that can’t be forgotten. I was 7 years old when my grandfather got very ill. Doctors told us that he may not live for too long due to cancer. I knew I was going to lose my grandfather. What I didn’t know was that the fact of how difficult it was going to be to overcome the feeling of being lonely, since he left me and my family.
P2 Jane is 24 and has recently lost both her parents in a car accident and has turned to drugs as a coping mechanism. Because of her drug habit Jane is facing losing her job and her boyfriend of 4 years has also suggested they break up. People we love can die at any stage in our life and it is always hard to deal with the pain of losing a loved one, however the pain is even greater when we lose them at a young age or if we lose them unexpectedly. Death affects every person differently and people have different ways of coping with the death of people they love. When Jane lost her parents she will have gone through the transition of life with them to life without them and it will have been very sudden for her as they died accidentally.
The Dual Effect of Granny’s Jiltings Throughout the story “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” the protagonist, Granny, was jilted several times. The jiltings that Granny, or Ellen, experienced through her life had the dual effect of improving while worsening it. Granny feels jilted several times in her life: she was left at the altar; her husband died young, leaving her to shoulder the burden of being head of household; an incident that the story hints at is the death of her daughter Hapsy while she was giving birth; as well as Granny not getting a sign from God on her deathbed. All these incidents compounded to harden her. Yet, they simultaneously lent her the ability to soldier on through a difficult life.
Neuropathy prevented Ian seeing where his body was which is a petrifying feeling; literally Ian was “The Man who Lost His Body”. It took a year for Ian to stand up safely and six months to put on his sock, this sensory process was long and tedious. This documentary taught me how we are fortunate to have sensory abilities; most people take it for granted because it’s natural. It was unbelievable how Ian recovered from this illness. The doctors told him that he will be in the wheel chair for the rest of his life but he was determined to regain his strength and movement.
According to Martyn’s wife their marriage broke up because Martyn has anger problems. Martyn is also very controlling, impatient, and too driven to make money at all costs and quite competitive - clearly a type A personality. Six months after the brake up, Martyn suffered a terrible chest pain and was hospitalised and underwent an angioplasty the following day. His plan to move
The very first example of this is when Tom leaves town without a word while Daisy is suffering immense pain and loneliness due to the birth of their first daughter. He is “God knows where” when Daisy needs him the most, and she feels “abandoned” in the hospital without him (Fitzgerald 16-17). This is one of the many disappointments during Tom and Daisy’s marriage, yet Daisy does not leave him. It is in this way that Tom Buchanan is abusive to his wife, and in this particular situation, Daisy suffers emotional abuse. Physical abuse, as well as emotional abuse, is evident in many scenes of the novel.
Indicators: Going to the hospital a lot due to factures, burns and broken bones. The person may not want to be touched because they don’t trust you and are scared. They may also have unexplained bruising and marks on their skin. Case study on physical abuse: Mark is 54 years old, 10 years ago had a stroke which left him partially paralysed. He has carers came into his home three times a day, but his wife cares for him the rest of the time.
He has been listening to his wife’s screaming for two days. When the doctor says “……her screams are not important……” , the husband rolled over against the wall, which might be indicating he is annoyed and feeling helpless that he could not get away. He is also physically and mentally suffering which he could not withstand it and lead to his suicide. I think that the act of committing suicide is foolish because he did not think far enough. He did not think that once the baby is burned, his wife would stop