Tragedy Effects Everyone In the movie Ordinary People, Calvin, Beth, Bud and Conrad Jarrett were like any run – of – the - mill family, but when a tragedy happens, fault in relationship grow more evident. While out at sea, Bud and Conrad get entangled by a storm causing Bud’s downfall. This news reversed everything and grief swept through like the black plague. Grief is a traditional reaction after death. But when the family dwells too long in this stage, they get stuck and can’t move forward. The way to solve the problem is to realize ones’ action and work as a family, creating safety and together working towards a mutual purpose. With emotional safety and a mutual purpose, Beth, Calvin and Conrad can show the real emotions they are feeling
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He is feeling so much grief that he tries to off himself. When he gets out of the psychiatric ward, he is missing one key element that could help him recover, love. This missing aspect of this life causes him to conceal his emotion through masking. Conrad can’t tell his father what’s going on, he can’t tell his friends what’s going and at first he can’t even tell his psychologist what’s going on. This happens a lot when he is in the room with both his father and mother like in the dinner scene. Both parties tend to avoid the conflict at hand. He is detached from the world. Dr. Berger, his psychologist, pushes him and pushes him till he feels something and taking Conrad out of the stage of grief that was betrayed upon him. Conrad then displaces his emotions that Dr. Berger made him feel to the camera incident when he lashed out at his father. Dr. Berger was able to create safety in his doctor’s which allowed Conrad to talk about his emotions. Dr. Berger also gave Conrad a sense of belonging we he finds out that Karen had killed herself. Maslow is known worldwide for his Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow says that everyone needs love and belonging, which members in the Jarrett family lack. Though they may be very disfunctual, if only they sat down and actually talked about Bud and used CRIB matter may be very different. A bond may have
He is feeling so much grief that he tries to off himself. When he gets out of the psychiatric ward, he is missing one key element that could help him recover, love. This missing aspect of this life causes him to conceal his emotion through masking. Conrad can’t tell his father what’s going on, he can’t tell his friends what’s going and at first he can’t even tell his psychologist what’s going on. This happens a lot when he is in the room with both his father and mother like in the dinner scene. Both parties tend to avoid the conflict at hand. He is detached from the world. Dr. Berger, his psychologist, pushes him and pushes him till he feels something and taking Conrad out of the stage of grief that was betrayed upon him. Conrad then displaces his emotions that Dr. Berger made him feel to the camera incident when he lashed out at his father. Dr. Berger was able to create safety in his doctor’s which allowed Conrad to talk about his emotions. Dr. Berger also gave Conrad a sense of belonging we he finds out that Karen had killed herself. Maslow is known worldwide for his Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow says that everyone needs love and belonging, which members in the Jarrett family lack. Though they may be very disfunctual, if only they sat down and actually talked about Bud and used CRIB matter may be very different. A bond may have