Dear Colleague Since I know that you will be seeing Ann, I thought that I should send you some information, which I already know from the previous contacts that I had with her, and which I think will be helpful to you and to the therapy in general. I saw Ann with the request of her mother, June, which was a patient of mine a couple years ago. At that time she had some continuing fears and erratic emotions, and also she had problems with alcoholism. I saw Ann also, for a brief period of family therapy, and we had one session as well few years ago - after the death of June's husband. And now, after a couple of years, June was very worried because her daughter's behaviors were very similar to those of her that she had in the past. Ann is the first child of the family, and in fact, according to her, she was the reason why her parents got married in the first place. She says that her father always blamed her for his misery, but on the other hand, her mother was carrying and loving. But this relationship lasted only until she was two years old, when her sister was born, because than her mother turned all her attention and love to the newborn. But these family conflicts increased even more with the birth of the third child. So Ann (as she says) lost completely the attention and love she was seeking for. Ann had problems in her college and she had to drop out of some semesters because of these problems. She never had real friends. She wasn't isolated, she had contacts with her peers, especially when they shared drugs, but she never had a true friendship. She would become very close to her roommate, but than after a short time, she would be disappointed in her friends. She had serious problems with drugs, she had a period of life-threatening anorexia, and she also had an abortion after a two-months pregnancy. And now she has returned from the University with her boyfriend, who is a young English professor at the University. Ann had some problems in her new relationship, but at these circumstances she would threaten to break off the romance, or she would even hurt herself, because in this way he would come back to her.
The story of Anne's childhood must be appreciated in order to understand where her drive, inspiration, and motivation were born. As Anne watches her parents go through the tough times in the South, Anne doesn't understand the reasons as to why their life must this way. In the 1940's, at the time of her youth, Mississippi built on the foundations of segregation. Her mother and father would work out in the fields leaving Anne and her siblings home to raise themselves. Their home consisted of one room and was in no comparison to their white neighbors, bosses. At a very young age Anne began to notice the differences in the ways that they were treated versus ...
Mrs.Johansen is Annemarie’s mother, she is a very strong, determined, and smart woman “Friends will take care of them. thats what friends do. ”she helps the roses by hiding ellen and pretending that she is their daughter. Mr. Johansen is Annemarie’s father, he is the same as her mother but more courageous and brave. ” we don’t know where the germans are taking the jews and we dont know what that means we only know that its is wrong, and it dangerous and we must help”.
Annemarie's whole life circled around the lie about Aunt Birte, plus others. Her life changed, her relationship towards the adults changed, and last but not least, she learned the meaning and the way of
The main character, Eleanor Vance, can be seen as the victim of the novel. She ultimately commits suicide, like Maria, because of her susceptibility to the supernatural elements and experiences that happen in the haunted Hill House that Eleanor gets invited to stay at with others to investigate this paranormal phenomenon. Eleanor has been isolated from society because she has taken care of her mother for eleven years. This job has led to Eleanor missing out on many experiences and social interactions that has cause her social awkwardness and withdrawal from society. As in the novel, it states Eleanor “ had spent so long alone, with no one to love, that it was difficult for her to talk, even casually” (Jackson 3). This isolation causes her to make what can be considered a reckless decision to take up Dr. Montague’s offer to stay at Hill House. This then leads to Eleanor’s tragic suicide, which closely resembles the circumstances that lead to Maria’s suicide in The Shadow in the Corner as well. The social isolation that Eleanor experiences causes her to come in contact with supernatural forces and become impacted by them on a deeper level than the other characters in the
In contrast to the powerful Robert Neville is the young and innocent, 16 year old Ann Burden. She too suffers from the reality that she may be the only person left alive on the face of the earth. Unlike Robert who lives in the city, Ann lives out on a small farm property in the countryside of America; which is a short distance from the local town, Ogdentown. It was to this town her family ventured in search of life and supplies, but never returned. Luckily Ann is self-sufficient and is able to run her f...
The daughter alludes to an idea that her mother was also judged harshly and made to feel ashamed. By the daughters ability to see through her mothers flaws and recognize that she was as wounded as the child was, there is sense of freedom for both when the daughter find her true self. Line such as “your nightmare of weakness,” and I learned from you to define myself through your denials,” present the idea that the mother was never able to defeat those that held her captive or she denied her chance to break free. The daughter moments of personal epiphany is a victory with the mother because it breaks a chain of self-loathing or hatred. There is pride and love for the women they truly were and is to be celebrated for mother and daughter.
A boy, named Jonathan, and a girl, named Cas, met in college their freshman year. Jonathan, instantly fell in love with her, but Cas has a boyfriend, named Butch. Butch is a big manly guy. Jonathan being a small, scrawny, and pasty boy is intimidated by Butch. Over their freshman year Jonathan and Cas become even closer as friends, while Jonathan falls more and more in love with Cas. Their sophomore year Cas breaks up with Butch or as she says they are on a break. Jonathan finally gets the nerve to tell her how he really feels. Although she is flattered by his love, she tells him she loves him as a friend and she is still in love with her ex-boyfriend. Their junior year Cas got back with her boyfriend over the summer. One day in the middle
Eva is a single mother of three children. The father of these children left her to raise them by herself. This proves to be an extremely difficult task for her to complete. Eva is a very poor woman, and does not have much to provide for her children with. Her, “children needed her;
Her family life is depicted with contradictions of order and chaos, love and animosity, conventionality and avant-garde. Although the underlying story of her father’s dark secret was troubling, it lends itself to a better understanding of the family dynamics and what was normal for her family. The author doesn’t seem to suggest that her father’s behavior was acceptable or even tolerable. However, the ending of this excerpt leaves the reader with an undeniable sense that the author felt a connection to her father even if it wasn’t one that was desirable. This is best understood with her reaction to his suicide when she states, “But his absence resonated retroactively, echoing back through all the time I knew him. Maybe it was the converse of the way amputees feel pain in a missing limb.” (pg. 399)
When Charlotte and her brother were still young there father left the family, leaving their mother to take care of them. Often times cases like this where one of the parent figures leaves will put a strain on the family and also the children. These problems will be carried on the next psychological development stage and so on until the problem is addressed and fixed. For the case of Charlotte, her father leaving made her mother tougher towards them by acting as a male figure. Due to an absence of the father they lived in poor conditions, having to ask for help from relatives.
When developing a treatment plan, other aspects of the individual has to consideration, such as health condition, activities, participation, personal and environmental factors. The aspects of intervention the treatment will focus on is Jane’s problems with anxious thoughts and behaviors, starting with her background and past information, dealing with her present and her goals moving in to the future. She’s had an average development, upbringing and personal interaction; decent friend and family relationships. As a teenager, her parents were controlling, but the relationship is much better. She does very well and enjoys going to school. There was no identification of heritability or comorbidity with other disorders like depression and lives
Ann-Mei's mother is forced into concubinage because of her lack of power as a women. She becomes the third wife. As a third wife she maintains very little status in the home of Wu Tsing. Ann-Mei's family disowns her mother because by becoming a third wife she has brought shame to her family. "When I was a young girl in China, my grandmother told me my mother was a ghost". Ann-Mei is told to forget about her mother and move on in her life. The fact that Ann-Mei is told to forget her mother because she has become something she could not control, is preposterous. She was raped and forced into concubinage. The lack of appreciation for a female causes this feeling of shame for the Mei family. Since rape and polygamy is accepted in China, it makes it appear that what Ann-Mei's mother has done is wrong, and what Wu Tsing did was right or normal.
The mother in the story a nameless figure with very little description and almost no voice what so ever. She is a bitter reminder of how society views some woman. They are seen as a permanent stature of a home but not necessarily a figure in society. The kids both very loud and annoying portray a selfish, rude, an almost ignorant way of society such as Jo...
The persuasive attempts in both literary works produce different results. The effectiveness of the mother’s guidance to her daughter is questioned since the girl cannot recognize the essence of her mother’s lesson. Despite that, the mother’s beneficial instruction serves as a standard for the daughter to reflect her future behaviors in order to live up to the community’s expectations. On the other hand, Anne’s value of candid expression and lasting relationship dissuades her from obliging to her family’s meaningless duty to place her love and interest above to experience fulfillment in life.
She is my daughter. I couldn't take away the person who my daughter loved and trusted the most.. I just couldn't. After all the other people she might have trusted, her parents, were a lie. She doesn’t know that I am her mother. As a nurse, it's considered a conflict of interest to have any children. So, as far as anyone knows, I don't. Well, anyone except Ann's foster mother. She had helped fabricate the entire conspiracy, just so I could follow my dreams. I had no idea that I would be randomly selected to be a E.P. nurse. I knew Ann's foster mother wanted nothing but happiness for her, and I as well. So I helped Ann and Ethan escape from the colony and start a new life. Well, I tried to at least. I left them a tranquilizer gun and the keys to my Volkswagen which parked outside the window I had left open. Inside the car I left a map that I had stolen from the conference meeting of the colonizers a few months back. The map contained specific directions to this new civilization. But what they did with it, if they escaped, I don’t