In a way Porter is using splitting to cope or to pacify his own depression. He is writing papers for other people, in their own voice. When Norah hires Porter to write her paper, he does some research. What is finds is the reason why she cannot write the paper herself; she has not dealt with, her brother 's suicide. Norah original way of coping was tagging. According to the urban dictionary, tagging is a method of signing your name anonymous, using either random words or symbols. Taggingis not to be confused with graffiti. Unlike graffiti, it usually takes less time or skill and it is done in one color with a single can of spray paint or thick marker. It could be possible that at the time of the original tagging Norah was attempting to ask for help that had not been proffered because she was a child. Her inability to write the speech arises as a direct result of her suppression of self to make her mother
In a way Porter is using splitting to cope or to pacify his own depression. He is writing papers for other people, in their own voice. When Norah hires Porter to write her paper, he does some research. What is finds is the reason why she cannot write the paper herself; she has not dealt with, her brother 's suicide. Norah original way of coping was tagging. According to the urban dictionary, tagging is a method of signing your name anonymous, using either random words or symbols. Taggingis not to be confused with graffiti. Unlike graffiti, it usually takes less time or skill and it is done in one color with a single can of spray paint or thick marker. It could be possible that at the time of the original tagging Norah was attempting to ask for help that had not been proffered because she was a child. Her inability to write the speech arises as a direct result of her suppression of self to make her mother