Emotional Cripple Character Analysis

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Throughout life, a person goes through many changes. The person becomes mature, physically and emotionally as time passes. The emotional trait is more difficult than the physical trait. Beth is an ordinary person. She does all the right things, she clean, and plays golfs. Beth does not show her emotions, in her own words “is an emotional cripple”. Losing her older son has shown her that you cannot prevent the loss of a child. Beth was strongly affected by the loss. She is obsessed by the appearance of her family. Her family does not discuss problems. Beth and I are quite the same because we don’t like showing our emotions. Showing our emotions make us feel weak. We don’t want to get close to someone because we know that they’ll die soon. She’s

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