When she begins spending time with Homer people believe she is desperate enough for any type of affection that she would completely forget about her family pride and associate with a Northerner, someone beneath her. Emily is seen buying arsenic, a poison and everyone presumes she will use it to kill herself. After Emily’s death the townspeople go to her house and break down the sealed door to the upstairs room. After getting into the room they see all the things for a wedding laid out around the room including a man’s suit. On the bed they find the decaying body of Homer Barron with an acrid smell of poison coming from him.…
She claims she can tell this secret cause that what she does as a writer. And as a writer, that is what they get to do and " get away with it." Hampl even claims that it is called courage when a writer does such. Hampl also claims that she didn't feel her mother deserved to be so upset about the poem being published. Her mother is so upset by the belief that if it were to be released that she is an epileptic, she will lose her job and then everyone will also know that she had to cross the Iowa/Minnesota border in order to marry because Minneosta refused marriage licenses to epileptics. She argues consistently with her mother, changing the points of the subject in claiming that she wouldn't feel this way if it were say diabetes and that it is ridiculous that anyone would fie her over her medical condition. Hampl then claims that her mother is right and that if she wanted she could the poem from the book. Her reason behind this claim is simply to reverse the…
GS is a woman in her early 30’s. GS is a scholar, a doctor, a daughter, a sister, and liked among her peers. However, GS is suffering from a series of medical conditions from the physical and mental aspect. To be more specific, GS has been coping with depression for many years and suicidal ideations for a couple of years. In addition, GS was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia since she was a teenager. The onset of GS’s depression episodes came about by the age of 13. By this time, GS sensed that her family would split up as there was tension between her parents. The tension stemmed from the family moving to another part of Europe, where GS’s father was offered a promotion. As all members of the family had to assimilate to their new environment, there was reluctance…
Strayed directed her book, Wild, to people who share mutual experiences like she did. She was a destroyed young…
The mentioning of snow may seem like nothing, but if one digs deeper beyond the simple lyrics, he/she will find that snow actually symbolizes the depression the girl is feeling. The singer states, “Your twisted mind is like snow on the road.” (2-3) In these lyrics it is said that her mind “is like snow on the road.” During the winter, snow on the streets blocks cars and people from reaching their ultimate destination. Therefore, her mind is like a roadblock keeping her for happiness. During depression, all the sadness in the depressed person feels, is in their mind, but they cannot seem to move past it. That is what makes it depression, when someone experiences emotions of severe dejection. During depression it feels like one is trapped in an emotional prison that they cannot escape from. They are all alone. But, what the speaker in this story is trying to do is tell her that she has people who care about her, and he will stay with her and help her.…
Jim Harrison’s novel Dalva (1988) has a unique way to integrate depression and everyday life expressed throughout the novel in the character Dalva herself. Dalva faces numerous events throughout the novel that brings her depression to the surface, which adds a drama irony aspect to the novel in response it shows Dalva does not realize that throughout most of the novel she was expressing a depressed behavior. The novel Dalva by Jim Harrison expresses a depressed behavior through the main character Dalva by challenging her mental toughness which causes her to react in such a behavior.…
The name “Alaska” is of Native American origin, meaning “Great Land.” Alaska Young is without a doubt the most complex character in the book. The name Alaska fits her because there is so much about her and to figure out, like a great land. "Little kids can dial 911. They do it all the time. Give me the wine," she said, deadpan and emotionless.” (Green 150). This shows that she is a very complicated person. Alaska is submersed in Guilt, and blame because of her mother’s death. Because of this, Alaska becomes obsessed with the polarity of death and life. She makes constant jokes about dying and fuels her self-destruction with things such as drinking and smoking. She is what you call a hot mess. “She said, "It's not life or death, the labyrinth."…
Almost everyone goes through a sort of hardship at some point in their life. When in this period, people tend to look to their relationships for comfort and guidance. Relationships provide these individuals with a hand to hold onto when stumbling along a dark path of pain, confusion, and struggle. Ordinary People, by Judith Guest, showcases this very theme by utilizing specific relationships to help further the growth of her main character, Conrad Jarrett. Conrad’s relations with his girlfriend Jeannine and counselor Dr. Berger play an important part in his recovery and coping with his depression after a recent suicide attempt.Throughout Judith Guest’s Ordinary People , Jeannine and Dr. Berger are able to help Conrad become whole again by teaching…
Throughout the story, she encounters problems that continuously defy what her original goal was. The idea that things go the opposite way than she intended illustrates the fact she has little power and control. When things go her way, she can act mature but when the situation goes south, things can get out of control. As an example, when the movie manager refused to refund her money she lit the candy stand on fire. “So he ain’t gettin up off the money.…
All the pain was there and I couldn't find any other way to get rid of it so it happened I would smoke and everything seem fine “we smoke, we took pills, we junked around.”(p.249) and that was exactly what happened to me like her i was in it and i couldn't get out of it. I’m ashamed of what i did and it does not bring be pride but I couldn’t help it, it was the most painful time i would go through and i could not find a way out and sadly I hit to the point to where I got expelled from school and I couldn't do anything about it, everyone soon found out and it would hurt me because I was no longer the girl everyone would talk so good about and it was embarrassing to know that everyone would talked so bad about me. And the saddest thing was I couldn’t move away like Jeannine she could get a fresh and she was relieved as she said in her own words “at first I was relieved to have gotten out of it that I didn’t think about anything else.” (p.249). I wanted to leave and get out of Kansas but i couldn’t i was stuck here and be ashamed of what i did, but i didn’t have another option. And like Jeannine said “I believe in…
She has never once worried about if someone liked her, because she herself never had any reason to like anyone else. These past few chapters have shown how quickly that has changed, because she is now asking if someone else likes her. Not only that, but she is trying to take into consideration how it might make another person feel if she were to do something to accommodate them, for lack of a better word. This shows me that she is turning into a happier person with healthier social habits. Chapter Twelve: “Might I Have a Bit of Earth?”…
Bipolar disorder is usually treated with mood stabilizers such as Lithium or carbamazepine, anticonvulsant medications such as valproic acid or lamotrigine, or pairing antidepressants with mood stabilizers. However, bipolar disorder can be treated with a combined treatment of mood stabilizers and individual, group, or family therapy. There are many more treatments for unipolar depression. Biological treatments include brain stimulation such as vague nerve stimulation, trans-cranial magnetic stimulation, and deep brain stimulation. This option of treatment is usually the last option because it is used for treatment-resistant depression. Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is also used as a treatment for depression although it is considered controversial. This type of treatment can cause dislocated jaws and shoulders and even broken bones. It can also cause short-term and even long-term memory loss. Another biological treatment for unipolar depression is antidepressants. These include mono-amine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, tricyclics, and selective serotonin reputake inhibitors (SSRIs). The different types of antidepressants have different ways of combating the symptoms of depression. Other ways that are used to treat depression are free association therapy; operant conditioning which uses behavioral techniques such as pleasurable activities and rewarding behaviors that are not depressive;…
The following is a summary of the prevalence and correlates of mental disorders among Native American women in primary care. This summary will include the objectives, the methods, the results, and the conclusions.…
Emily’s issues of abandonment and loneliness lead to her feeling as though she had no choice but to kill Homer so that she could not leave him. The reader knows that Emily is lonely in page two when the townsperson states that she had potential suitors who she clearly cared for left her. Following her father’s death the only way people knew she was alive was because her servant Tobe had been seen at the market. When Emily meets Homer her loneliness doubled with her mental instability told her that the only way she would not lose him would be if she were to kill him. Every person that Emily had ever loved left her at some point, including Homer when he briefly returned to New York. This made Emily feel helpless and Homer returning to New York was the straw that broke the camels back as she began to be overwhelmed with the fear that he would do that again, so overwhelmed that she purchased arson.…
L.178-179: Evidence of suicide: she acts like someone who doesn’t realize the danger she is in, or like someone completely accustomed to danger.…