Dysfunctionating Family: The Struggles Of The Jarrett Family

Just like any other family, this family has its own problems to deal with. It seems normal at first until the obvious shows on how dysfunctional the Jarrett family turns out to be. With short temper and personal family issues, many breakouts occur throughout time. These arguments could have been avoided if a one on one conversation occurred to resolve any unnecessary conflicts. Unfortunately, Conrad, Beth, and Calvin engage in acts of silence or violence very often. Both of them are conflicting as anger resides within them and heats them up in the moment. As a teenage boy, it might seem acceptable for Conrad to behave the way he does. From school problems and stress from outside activities along with his brother’s death, he displays a lot of anger in front of his family. Although being more tolerant towards him would …show more content…
The way she approaches and handles things reflect her irritation that resides within her. For instance, a display of violence occurs when she gets in a dispute with her husband. She yells at him for telling friends that her son has been seeing a psychiatrist lately. This isn’t a major issue, but she makes it one because she is ashamed that her son has gotten to this point of desperation. It causes her to drift away from her husband while she could have just created safety first and then asked him why he would tell others that. On the contrary, Beth turns silent when at the garage door, her husband makes it clear that what he wore to Buck’s funeral is irrelevant. Her approach this time was more reasonable as she restrained herself from going any further into the conflict. When it comes to her son, Conrad, her largest freak out is when she finds out her son quit the swim team. Knowing that it was a big deal to him, she feels betrayed. Little does she know, it wasn’t making her son any happier. If anything, it was making him