Ordinary People Be Guest Character Analysis

Conflict is everywhere, everyone has to deal with conflict in some way, shape, or form everyday. In Judith Guest's, Ordinary People, Conrad has dealt with several major internal conflicts. Even though Conrad was released from the hospital after an attempted suicide, he was not fully recovered. With the help of Dr. Berger and Calvin, Conrad was able to figure out his internal conflicts. In Ordinary People, Judith Guest illustrates that Conrad can go through recovery and change through the communication with Dr.Berger and Calvin.

Conrad’s ‘The Secret Agent’ is not a novel one would generally think to associate with feminism. It is politically heavy and generally isolates Winnie, its only female character, into the ‘private’ sphere. Annette Kolodny discusses three different interpretations of a feminist reading, but I will employ only the second; criticism by a woman which ‘treats that book from a… “feminist” perspective’ , allowing the readers to expose the patriarchy. In the case of this essay, unless otherwise specified, a liberal feminist viewpoint has been taken. This focuses primarily on the differences between the ‘private’ and ‘public’ spheres and aims to achieve equal access, for everyone, to both. Ultimately, it will become clear that Winnie’s ability to overcome

Holden and Conrad’s grief is brought onto them by the death of a brother. They both try and deal with it in the best way that they can. They both have some sort of positive outlook on life after their tragedies. Holden may leave school but he is good at English and looks at life positively. Conrad is on his school's swim team and tries to socialize with his old friends. They both know that their tragedies have affected them and that they will be different people in the end. They know that they will have to change. They can’t go back to how their lives were before the death of their brothers.

Throughout the story, the author made it clear that understanding between father and son can be difficult. Lots of obstacles will be thrown their way and they will do a lot to get through it together.The author, Elie Wiesel, used many examples like imagery, tone, and foreshadowing to understand what a father/son relationship is like. The examples and quotes given show that a father and his son won’t be split by anything, until death do them

So, when looking at how Holden in the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” and Conrad in the book “Ordinary People” have many similarities when moving through the five stages of grief they have underlying differences that make the story so different. They both struggle through the death of their brother and the grief in somewhat similar ways but how they accept the death of their brother was very

This grief can be seen when Conrad says, “Conrad Jarrett the Anxious Failure dress this guy in blue and gray.” (Guest 2). This reveals that Conrad is in a deep depression because he doesn’t see himself as anything more than a failure. He associates himself with the two colors he recognizes as anxious and failure, he believes that he is missing a sense of humor. This connects to the stage of grief, depression, because when people are at this stage of grief they tend to put themselves down and think about the negative things in life. Conrad is clearly suffering from depression as shown in the quote above. Conrad also shows a stage of grief when he says “This house. Too big for three people.” (Guest 4). This reveals that Conrad is in a deep depression about his brother’s death because he feels that someone is missing from the house. Since Buck, Conrad’s brother, is dead, Conrad is feeling depressed seeing that the house is more empty now that Buck is gone. Conrad also shows deep depression in school when his teacher questions him asking, “Why are you writing all this about violence and war? Aren’t there other things you’d like to say, Conrad? This doesn’t sound like you.” (Guest 19). This reveals that Conrad is in a deeper stage of

In the Purple Hibiscus, “the role of silence and violence voice,” in the novel centers on Igbo family living in the Southeastern part of Nigeria. Through the narrator eyes of a fifteen-year-old Kambili, the family is wealthy and privileged in Nigerian's classification. Eugene is a loving and generous father to his two children and husband. He is a successful businessman and devoted Catholic convert. However, Eugene abusive violence has taken the voices of the entire family. Thus, the mother (Beatrice Achike), Kambili and Jaja have all suffered at the hands of their father and husband. The novel opens with Jaja being rebelling against his devoted Catholic father by skipping communion on Palm Sunday. His sister Kambili is fifteen years old and super painfully shy. The family lives under strict rules of their father’s expectations. His violence streaks and often files into a fit of moral

The novel Ordinary People by Judith Guest is a story about a family dealing with loss. The story shows the Jarret family dealing with the loss of the eldest son, Buck. The younger son, Conrad, takes it the hardest. Beth and Calvin, the parents, also have to deal with grief as well. I think the loss of Buck is clearly more damaging to Conrad out of the family in his social life, health, and family life.

Every time his father is in trouble he does something to save his father. He would do anything to save his father, when he said “I woke from my apathy only when two men approached my father. I threw myself on his body. He was cold. I slapped him. I rubbed his hands, crying: Father! Father! Wake up. They’re going to throw you outside. His body remained inert. The two gravediggers had grabbed me by the neck. Leave him alone. Can’t you see that he’s dead? No! I yelled. He’s not dead! Not yet! And i started to hit him harder and harder. At last, my father half opened his eyes. They were glassy. He was breathing faintly. You see, I cried. The two men went away” (Wiesel 99). This is important because it shows that he would do anything for his father to live. He saved his father’s life because he is becoming closer to his only loved one he has left. His father is the remaining family member he has left so they grew closer over the years. When his father got sick he tried to help him, get him better. He said “I sat next to him, watching him; I no longer dared to believe that he could still elude Death. I did all i could to give him hope. All of a sudden, he sat up and placed his feverish lips against my ear: Eliezer.. I must tell you where I buried the gold and silver… in the cellar… You know… And he began talking, faster and faster, afraid of running out of

In Judith Guest’s, Ordinary People, the relationship between Beth and Calvin disintegrates as the story went on. In the beginning of the book, things for the most part seem fine. Even though they occasionally argue, it is evident that they both love each other and that they wouldn’t want to be with anyone else. Then something changes. As Conrad progressively and steadily improves, it seems that relations between Calvin and Beth grow worse. This is due to Calvin’s overprotection of Conrad, Beth’s narcissism, and how their parenting principles differ. This only creates more tension between the two. In Judith Guest’s, Ordinary People, Calvin’s overprotection of Conrad, Beth’s narcissism, and conflicting parenting principles leads to Calvin and Beth splitting up.

The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel written by Horace Walpole, this novel is regarded as the first gothic novel and is seen as the beginning of the gothic genre. Walpole was not only famed for The Castle of Otranto but also for creating the word ‘serendipity’. The gothic genre became extremely popular and paved the way for great authors such as Bram Stoker, Charles Maturin, Edgar Alan Poe and Ann Radcliffe. Walpole was fascinated with medieval history which is what inspired him to write a gothic novel. The Castle of Otranto tells the tale of Manfred, Prince of Otranto, and his young son Conrad. Manfred has convinced the guardians of the beautiful Isabella, whose parents are presumed dead, to marry his sickly son Conrad who is just 15. A series

In the end of the novel, Beth leaves the countries and all of her problems behind. She states that it is only temporary, but is presumably permanent. This finally allows Conrad to break free of her wrath, and have his own closure. He isn’t terribly upset that she’s gone, but he had just wished she said goodbye to him. Conrad realizes when he is waiting for Lazenby that he and Beth will never be the same nor will they ever have a relationship.

Tanya Barfeld’s play “The Blue Door” is about Lewis, an African American math professor struggling to find who he wants to be.  Lewis is having a hard time dealing with the fact that he no longer feels apart of his culture because of the way he doesn’t feel connected.  Lewis struggles with many issues from his past, the only way he can become whole again is if he learns to deal with those issues and overcome them.

The Captain, the protagonist in The Secret Sharer, hides an important secret from his crew members. In Joseph Conrad’s novella, Leggatt, accused of murdering a fellow crewman, is held on board the Captain’s ship as a fugitive from the law. Throughout the story, the Captain fears that Leggatt will be discovered and devises a plan to assist Leggatt in his escape to safety. This secret constructs a mutual friendship between the Captain and Leggatt, creates many burdens on the Captain and positively affects the Captain’s mood.

Conrad has lots of needs, but his first priority is to learn to communicate effectively with his parents and his peers. He has trouble sleeping, and when he does sleep, he is having nightmares of the traumatic accident that .triggered his symptoms of depression and PTSD. With the help of Dr. Berger and medication Conrad will be able to sleep throughout the night. Conrad is having survivor’s guilt, he blames himself for the boating accident, which killed his brother Buck that manifested physically, emotionally, and socially so in turn, he lost his appetite, has very little social contact with friends, and cannot concentrate in class. Conrad, will learn his triggers for PTSD with the help of Dr. Berger and I, he will also learn to accept he does not have to try and be his brother. He will learn new coping skills.