The interview of Candy Clinkscale and Linda Snoddy was conducted via phone on June 3, 2018 for about an hour for each separate phone conversation. Both had lots of information to present to the researcher some aspects were similar between the two sisters and answers to other questions varied due to cultural differences. Subjects were asked a series of questions related to the psychological, economic,and social effects of widowhood. Both reported experiencing episodes of depression after the loss of their spouse. For Mrs. Clinkscale the depression is still occuring with reported feelings of hopelessness and anger. The loss of her husband is fairly recent so she is still finding ways to cope. For Mrs. Snoddy, acceptance is her current state …show more content…
Candy was left the remaining assets of the accounting business, Leroy’s inheritance , and a nice social security pension. Linda was left with similar monetary shares, but gained more financial stability by liquidating all of their remaining assets in Longview, such as his father's farm and house, their house, and the business. Lastly, she was able to collect his social security even though she didn't think she could due to Texas policy laws. After discussing financial stability, both began to talk about remaining financial responsibilities left to them after the passing of the spouse. Mrs. Clinkscale reported her sole responsibility was taking care of her god children, the house and car were already paid for so she just maintains the utilities and upkeeps of the grounds. Ultimately she has a lot of leisure money. Mrs. Snoddy reported being left with the financial responsibility of taking care of Wayne's mother. Taking care of her mother in law had adverse psychological effects on Linda, because before the death of Mr.Snoddy they were all supposed to move to Dallas together under one roof. With her husband's passing Linda wanted to start over and live by herself for a variety of reasons, one being financially she couldn't support two people, so she did her best to help his mother liquidate some remaining assets in Longview so she could be financially stable on her
Victor’s Family Counselors often will have clients decide to come to therapy because the client is having trouble grieving the loss of a loved one, thing, or pet. Different cultures handle death differently. The case study in Chapter 15 in The Life Span book written by Broderick and Blewitt (2015), introduces a family who is having a difficult time accepting the death of Victor. Victor is married to Isabella, for fifty-three years the couple lived together. The couple who is Italian has four adult children, Paul, Sophia, and twins Lenore and Joseph.
In the extremely passionate memoir Her: A Memoir, written by Christa Parravani, a young lady facing hard times tragically dies, and her identical twin sister strains to survive. Two identical sisters -- Christa and Cara Parravani, always shared a bond, greater than friendship, and sisterhood itself. Despite their rough childhood including being raised by a single mother, and being raped as a young adult (Clara), the two sisters were able to attend good colleges and get more than satisfactory jobs. The memories of their troubled childhood made Cara depressed, which led her to drugs and finally a tragic death at a young age, which Christa is determined to keep from happening to her. I love the books way of getting people to relate to the characters
In the novel How the García girls lost their accent by Julia Alvarez depicts the journey four sisters have to overcome in order to conform to society's expectations. Not only society in the nineteen sixties and seventies in the United States, but also in the patriarchal culture of the Dominican Republic. In the United States during the nineteen sixties and seventies the era of feminism, and liberal ideals was heavily prominent. However, for a women who is an immigrant in another country conforming to a new identity, and preserving one’s background can be manipulated to do certain things, and conform to what society deems valuable. Men, on the other hand are more attached to where they came from, and are always seeking their identity within
Through the end of “Southern Night” the most significant central idea in the development of Richard Wright’s autobiography is hunger. Richard faces hunger his whole life, he has a hunger for acceptance, and knowledge. Richard starts to struggle with hunger in his family once his father leaves. When Mr. Wright leaves Richard and the family, his mother wasn’t able to provide him with a sufficient amount of food. This leads to them moving in with Granny and Aunt Addie, where Richard was never able to feel acceptance.
Candy clarifies, “they give me two hundred an ' fifty dollars… an ' I got fifty more saved up… tha 's three hundred, and I got fifty more comin ' the end a the month” (29). Therefore, in total Candy offers to award Lennie and George a total of three hundred fifty dollars for the ranch in conjunction with a promise to tend the chickens and hoe the garden as long as he has a secure job and home on the farm. George tells the men that together, he and Lennie have ten dollars, but at the end of the month will have earned one hundred making the total four hundred fifty dollars. All of the sudden the men look at each other and realize, “This thing they had never really believed in was coming true”(29). Earlier George explained that the cost of the farm was around six hundred dollars, according to the lady who owns it, and the dream became even more realistic when they
As Chung described, “The last one in bed and the first one up every morning – that was daily life for my mother . . . every day from May 1966 until our family left Vietnam in June 1979. . . . My mother’s desire was to be a good wife to her husband and a good daughter-in-law to my grandmother . . . To fail as a wife and daughter-in-law would have been to shame herself and her whole family as well” (50).
They say that grief comes in five distinct stages; denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. In contrast, it’s often said that everyone handles grief differently. How can these two concepts of loss not only coexist, but be widely accepted? Maybe it’s time we shift our focus to the latter.
In a very emotional statement Samantha states, “At one point, my depression got so bad, I considered killing myself. I thought that was the only way to get rid of the unbearable pain I was feeling” (Gerson and Lundsten 72). Practically, society effectively managed to damage Samantha’s individuality in the most intimate manner; society almost cost her life. By not fully accepting, society succeeded in reducing her own gender perspective—almost withering all she kept dear to herself. By my own account, I believe that acceptance comes though having the desire and courage to understand and appreciate the seemingly darkest of matter that lies within a person’s
As beads of sweat poured down onto the dance floor, I glance up at my partner, wondering how I ended up in what used to be the most dangerous country in the world, swaying my hips to salsa music. As to how I ended up in Colombia, it goes back to Spanish class in middle school. Despite the fact, I barely knew grammar or vocabulary, my new Spanish teacher from Bogota made speaking only in the language a hard requirement. I struggled with basic assignments and fared even worse on tests.
She pities Lennie, but tells him about her past and how she wanted to be an actress. She allows Lennie to feel how soft her hair is, but it goes too far and he accidentally snaps her neck after she was freaking out. Lennie ran to the brush that George told him to go to if something bad happened. When the ranch hands find the dead body of Curley’s wife,
This further emphasizes the wasting away of the wife and her knowledge of her
There are two thing is life guaranteed death and paying taxes. Since death is inevitable so is the grieving of a loved. People deal with death better than others; while some cry and eventually move one, others it tears them apart and changes their life forever. However, people usually go through the process of grieving to accept and get over the death of their loved. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross model “ Five stages of grief” - are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.
Loss is one theme demonstrated within the short story “Death of a Spinster” by William McIlvanney. The writer uses aspects of structure, imagery and word choice to create effect and impact throughout the short story. Loss is evident early in the story in its literal meaning, but as the story progresses, a metaphorical meaning of loss is also uncovered. The title of the short story “Death of a Spinster” immediately alerts the reader to the fact that there’s going to be a loss.
Nowadays, lots of people can understand the difficulty of patients because sickness make people afflictive. However seldom people can understand the difficulty of caregivers. Actually, caregiver is a tough job because they not only need to look after the sickness, but also need to cover the mental and physical pressure. Luckily, more and more people concentrate on the situation of caregivers.
As Lennie and George get settled in, they meet the people on the ranch, one of whom is Curley’s wife, the wife of the boss’s son. All of the characters are lonely, but it is immediately clear that she is the