It was almost forty-two years ago today, that Murray Fisher was stationed at Pearl Harbor. He was a code keeper during war. As the days passed by while fighting, Murray wrote letters everyday, and sent them back home to his family. On his eighty-first birthday, Murray handed his daughter, Karen, a collection of his letters. Karen read all of his letters, and became facinated. Along the way of reading these letters, there were a few ups and downs in the relationship she had with her father.
Every letter Karen read, she grasped a new piece of information about her father. She learned more, and more about her father’s experience during war. As she gained all of this knowledge, she became curious. Many times, she had questions to ask her father …show more content…
Her father began to have very bad flashbacks. You could’ve mistaken his flashbacks, for a terrifying nightmare. One day while Murray was sitting in the car with his wife, he began to scream from the top of his lungs. He had been having a flashback, and didn’t know what was going on. Later, we find out how her father’s problems, were more than just flashbacks.
Murray Fisher began to develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Karen could see her father gradually changing in a negative way, as they talked more about his experiences. Murray Fisher began to loose sleep, and wasn’t able to carry on a conversation with his daughter. Karen also noticed how her father began to struggle, with his life.
Karen’s perspective on her father’s thoughts about war, dramatically changed. Before, she thought her father just didn’t feel like explaining his lifetime, during war. Also, she thought the reason for her father not explaining, was true. He claimed that it was a long time ago, and he just didn’t remember much. Karen then discovered, her father’s excuses for not wanting to talk, were all because of the fact about how, he just didn’t want to relive his time in war. Even when she wasn’t asking him about his time, he had war on his mind. When he had been sent back home from war, he wanted peace and didn’t want to look back on those bad
Every letter Karen read, she grasped a new piece of information about her father. She learned more, and more about her father’s experience during war. As she gained all of this knowledge, she became curious. Many times, she had questions to ask her father …show more content…
Her father began to have very bad flashbacks. You could’ve mistaken his flashbacks, for a terrifying nightmare. One day while Murray was sitting in the car with his wife, he began to scream from the top of his lungs. He had been having a flashback, and didn’t know what was going on. Later, we find out how her father’s problems, were more than just flashbacks.
Murray Fisher began to develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Karen could see her father gradually changing in a negative way, as they talked more about his experiences. Murray Fisher began to loose sleep, and wasn’t able to carry on a conversation with his daughter. Karen also noticed how her father began to struggle, with his life.
Karen’s perspective on her father’s thoughts about war, dramatically changed. Before, she thought her father just didn’t feel like explaining his lifetime, during war. Also, she thought the reason for her father not explaining, was true. He claimed that it was a long time ago, and he just didn’t remember much. Karen then discovered, her father’s excuses for not wanting to talk, were all because of the fact about how, he just didn’t want to relive his time in war. Even when she wasn’t asking him about his time, he had war on his mind. When he had been sent back home from war, he wanted peace and didn’t want to look back on those bad