Amy Bloom's Silver Water

Most if not all people have been affected by judgement at some point in their life. Amy Bloom writes the story “Silver Water”. The story is centered around Rose, who is mentally ill, and her family who struggle dealing with her illness. Violet is Rose’s sister as well as the narrator of the story. Rose changes hospitals and doctor many times, and struggles with herself. Rose tries to control her illness as much as she can, along with trying to maintain her sanity where it is seaming impossible. Vilet There are points in her life where things get very hard to control and other times it seems that she has control again. Amy Bloom uses important people in Rose’s life to show that judgement is everywhere in our society. Violet makes judgements …show more content…
The scene where Rose is looking at hospitals over the years. Particularly Rose’s Mother is the main person deciding where Rose can stay while her Father tries to make amends with the people working with the hospitals. While her father is trying to talk to the doctors her mother was really ignoring the doctors and nurses. Rose's mother is quite picky about all of the hospitals that Rose my possibly live in. She even goes to the extent of walking out even before she has talked to any officials, “she turned Rose around and the two of them marched out, My father walking behind them apologizing to his colleagues” (Bloom 88). This shows that Rose’s mother judged the hospital with just looking at it. Her judgement is very common with people judging on appearance rather than quality. Her mother showing this judgement can also symbolize the fact that there are many people who judge things before figuring out what it is like or how good it could be. Many people judge on appearance before anything else. So many people will disregard someone they think is intelligent but could be the most intelligent person in the room just because of their appearance or how they think they should act. People frequently judge before they get all the information and Rose’s mother is a symbol of society being judging a book by its …show more content…
Violet explains the moment where they first meet Mr. Walker. Rose typically greets her new therapist with odd behavior and Mr. Walker does not take this very well, however continues trying to take Rose seriously. Rose ends up insulting the therapist and consequently gets told that Rose and her family should leave. The whole family is not mad and Violet explains it also as having a good time even though they are turned away from the therapist. Mr. Walker responds to Roses behavior interestingly, “Mr. Walker read Rose’s file in front of us and then watched in alarm as Rose began crooning, beautifully, and slowly massaging her breasts” (Bloom 89). This shows the judgement that ARose gets from people who just meet her. Many people quite often see Rose in this state when she cannot control herself, as well as how many people judge her just as Mr. Walker did when he spoke like she was not a human being. This further proves my point of there being judgement in our society, likewise explaining that judgement is throughout all parts of our society through Mr. Walker being a symbol. Many people are falsely judged, along with being shunned from society because they are seen as different. Mr. Walker as a symbol as society as a whole is very true to life representing society's belief. Rose and her family could symbolize likewise individuality and society trying to crush individuality and falling