A Long Way Gone Case Study

In 2005, Jane and Dick were officially married, and moved into their own house. It was a small, cozy house, in which Jane and Dick eventually had a child. They named the child Nell, and raised him together until he got into elementary school. As Nell started to grow up, Jane became more defensive as a mother, and was a control freak when it came to little Nell. She would baby him all the time, and shut down Dick any time he tried to do something with Nell. Although Jane was a control freak, and constantly fought with him, Dick did everything that he could to keep their marriage together. But Dick was constantly away for work, and Jane couldn’t handle being alone. She called him three times a day asking for him to come home and quit his job, but he had no choice if he wanted to support his family. …show more content…
This fight became a tradition each time he returned, and with each fight came more violence. One day when Dick returned from a trip, she beat him and hit him, until he was bleeding from the face. Dick knew that he could not keep this trend going, especially as Nell was growing up. Dick filed for a divorce, and even went as far as to get a restraining order to keep Jane away from him. Dick stayed in his home, while Jane was forced to go find a new place to live. Months went by with some small issues, but Dick thought nothing of them. Until one night, when Jane returned to the home. She snuck into Dick’s house through the trap door in the basement, and tried to steal Nell away from Dick for good. This was the final straw, and Dick reported it to the police, who later took Jane to the county