In a similar way, Bobby’s reality show played a substantial effect on Whitney’s deterioration. According to TNZ news, the show aired during the worst years of the couple’s crumbling marriage; drug use, lifestyle excess and bad behavior were all caught on tape. This caused Whitney’s reputation to sink to new lows. However, much like a tragic hero, Whitney “remains passive in the face of what he conceives to be a challenge to his dignity, his image of his rightful status.” (Arthur Miller). Whitney Houston was on top of the world, until her relationship with Bobby Brown turned sour in eroding drug use and increasingly erratic behavior, which was in fact a result of the beginning of her deterioration.
Mary Karr’s The Liars Club is a memoir about Karr’s traumatic childhood and what type of impact her dysfunctional family made on her childhood. The reasons for the family’s problems stem from the grandmother, Grandma Moore. Grandma Moore always put pressure on Karr’s family, but most of all Charlie Marie. The pressure grandma Moore puts on the Karr’s mother breaks Charlie Marie down, among the pressure was criticizing every relationship Charlie Marie had ever been in. For example, Grandma Moore thought that only certain men were good enough for Charlie Marie, with that being said it just so happened that the one who is Mary Karr’s father was the one Grandma Moore disliked the most.
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 Because of this incident he stopped talking to either of his parents and was withdrawn for the first time in his life.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.
* Elizabeth dealt with her husband’s affair by coming to realize that she may have been partly at fault for her husband's unfaithfulness, because she was not always as warm and loving as she could have been. How did she feel about the conflict? * After discovering John's affair, Elizabeth was filled with fear and suspicion. She no longer trusted him, making John feel punished unfairly every day for his past unfaithfulness. Abigail Williams Age: 17 years old Status in community: Seventeen-year-old orphan whose parents were killed by Indians.
Christian Smith 9/27/08 The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caufield has been dealing with various problems which have consequently led to his mental downfall. Holden’s inability to cope with reality, fear of growing up, and helplessness of dealing with sexuality has all played a critical role in his emotional breakdown. Holden’s inability to cope with reality may have been caused by the death of his younger brother Allie. Allie’s death made him view things in another light. Holden cannot think straight.
That something missing was the structure of the American family. Chris was very aloof from his family at a young age. His father and his first wife were not yet divorced when he started relations with Chris’s mother. Once Chris was older he found this out and began to despise his father even more. The many rifts in his family played a big role in his departure.
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.
The death of his father, his love of magic, his relationship with Kathy, his Viet-Nam service, and his political career are all interconnected. The novel begins by focusing on Kathy and John’s relationship. John’s loss in the primary has had a devastating affect of their relationship. They try bravely to pretend that their relationship is the most important thing, but it is clear that their dreams, especially John’s dreams, have been destroyed. The third chapter, “The Nature of Loss” focuses on the death of John’s father.
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
Started having bad luck and in order to dare with his failures in life, he started thinking about his past and it seem that he doesn't know what's real or fake in life. He try to relive the good old days he had in the past but the thing is that all wrong choices he made also started coming up in his mind as well. When his family notice what was going with his they try to help him by not telling him what was going on with their life and all the money problems they have. In addition, Wily lost his job after many years with same company. Gregor was a man who works hard to help his family for they can live well.