I Never Promise You A Rose Garden Analysis

The main character in the book I Never Promised You a Rose Garden is Deborah Blau. If I were to go through Deborah's trash, I might find many uncanny things. In the beginning of the book Deborah attempts suicide, she cuts her wrists and enough blood spills to fill half a cup. I would think that this would be one of the many items in her trash can that have to do with her failed suicide attempts. In chapter two Joanne Greenberg wrote, “The half cup of blood on the bathroom floor had given all their nebulous feelings and vague fears weight, and she had gone to the doctor the next day.” After having read that, I would say you might find the cup of blood spilled in her trash can. I also think you would find the blade she had used of course, also in chapter two …show more content…
While Deborah is in the mental hospital she draws a lot in her sketchbook, portraits of others or whatever comes to mind. In chapter ten she sketches Carla, her close friend, and for a very short time she seems happy. A sketchbook or lots of paper is another thing you would find in Deborah’s trash can, I imagine this because she loves to draw, of course she would throw her messed up sketches away. Another item I would definitely think you would find in her trash can is cold packs. Cold packs are what they used at the mental hospital to calm her down from her episodes. Whenever she decides to leave the mental hospital I would think that she would still use this method to help herself. In chapter seven is when she first begins using them, and has not stopped since then and actually asks to be wrapped with them, rather than being forced into it