The novel Ordinary People is the story of a family who try to overcome the loss of Conrad’s brother Jordan Jarrett who died in a boating accident. The family also tries to overcome Conrad’s recent suicide attempt which happened before the 1st chapter has even started. A month later after he left the hospital the Jarretts wonder if they will be able to recover from these horrible tragedies. Multiple conflicts are constantly happening in the novel between the family members.. Throughout the story Conrad and his parents Beth and Calvin Jarrett deal with crisis differently. Conrad does recover after his suicide attempt but may have not recover completely. Conrad shows that he tries to overcome his suicide attempt when he says “There is just Phase
