Gilbert describes Endora as “like dancing without music.” Larry, Gilbert’s older brother, is said to “have got away,” but this is not as easy for Gilbert. He can check out of Endora at any time he likes but he always feels guilty for leaving Arnie and Endora, so he always returns. He is stuck in Endora with the burden of his family and the boredom of his life. The impact of his father’s suicide made a lot of responsibilities fall straight on Gilbert, even though they felt “as though he was already dead.” Gilbert’s resentment begins with his mother being a major burden on Gilbert and the rest of the family. Because of his father’s traumatizing death, Bonnie became mentally and physically attached to the house .Gilbert is aware that it is his mother that is holding the family down and he shows a distinct desire to be clear from her devouring nature.
Carl is often shifted to his Auntie Beryl’s house which she doesn’t treat him with respect or kindness. “Who would love you if your own mother doesn’t?” Therefore Carl has a very low self-esteem and he feels very abandoned and lonely. He also feels that his mother did not love him and that he is in her way of doing what she wants to do. He is a very sad, lonely and confused fifteen year old teenager. Slowly we see Carl standing up for himself and his brother Harley.
Anwar’s daily visits to his allotment dwindled to once a week and when he was there found less work was being done. Hansa became increasingly concerned and urged Anwar to go the doctor but he felt she was overreacting, forgetting that he is no longer a young man. (Open University, 2012, p71) Anwar noticed problems with his eyesight and decided to get stronger glasses at the chemist. However when the Optometrist tested his eyes, he said there were worrying signs of degeneration and insisted he should visit his doctor urgently and get further tests to check what was causing the deterioration; but Anwar was reluctant. Iqbal his son
The author cites “John is away all day, and even some nights when his cases are serious.” In the end I honestly believe that John genuinely love his wife but was clueless in helping her get better. I don’t think John would drive his wife to madness or insanity deliberately. 3. What might her bedroom have been used as before? Why is this significant?
Due to his lack of friends he tries to create a bond with Sam and it makes it even more valuable due to Hally’s loneliness. He would always “try out a few ideas but sooner or later” he’d “end up in there with” Sam and Willie. He would always look for something to do and always wonder what he should do and think of some ideas but in the end he knew that they would always be there and he would never be let down by them. Hally feels a strong sense of humiliation and all of it because of his crippled and alcoholic father whom made him feel a constant let down in his life. When Hally was young his father “was dead drunk on the floor of the Central Hotel Bar” and Sam helped Hally bring him home.
Also, her lack of intelligence has left her with no job and an inability to get a job. In the story, there are many reasons contributing to Jean’s feeling of emptiness and difficulty in her life. To begin, her husband, Ross feels as though he has married beneath himself, and he does not love her anymore. Their marriage was most likely caused by Jean getting pregnant with their son, which made Ross feel like he had to marry her out of force. In the story, Ross specifically tells their son, Kevin that he should try not to marry beneath himself because he will end up stuck in the same situation as him.
She aspires to be as courageous as her uncle. He is very outspoken and kind of crazy but Clara looks past that and sees a man who is creative and intelligent. Walter Mitty lives a pretty depressing life. Every day he gets nagged by his wife and has to hold his tongue because he is afraid of how she will respond if he did otherwise. His daydreams are a break from his bland life.
Most workaholics are in marriages that have been going on for many years, and this lack of attention has been hurting their wife for majority of the relationship. Women claim that they have to raise their children alone. Emotional connections are lost when fathers work too much. “My husband works too much and it used to bother my child as he was growing up. He understands now because he is a little older, but just as I was, he was always worried that something happened to his father.
Henry is at a constant battle with his family. He feels abandoned and secluded by the ones that are supposed to always be there. He feels as if they never truly loved him or accepted him as a part of this family. “We’re a family, aren’t we? And a family turns inward toward itself in grief; it does not go in separate directions, pulling itself apart” (Guest 117).
Throughout “Long Day’s Journey into Night” by Eugene O’Neill, the issue of the past is one that is brought up quite often, by the entire Tyrone family. Mary; the mother; resents that she has never been able to feel at home, while also battling her addiction to morphine because her husband was too stingy to pay for a real doctor. As well as the men of the family’s addiction to alcohol. The children hate their father for his cheap ways and for the way they were brought up. And lastly, Tyrone resents taking on a family, because it kept him from making his “big break” as an actor.