PTSD is a common disease that affects veterans in our nation in a major way. Before reading Home I only thought of PTSD as a disease that people who once served in the military suffered from that made them act strange and zone out but I realized it’s not entirely that. Franks PTSD goes hand in hand with the sense of belonging. Throughout the book Frank came across several people and built different relationships but the two I wanted to focus on was Franks relationship with Lily and his younger sister Cee. Toni Morison takes their relationships and puts a spin on it by making it clear to us that Frank couldn't last with someone who didn't have PTSD, oppose to Cee who I inferred had PTSD.
Frank and Lily had an intimate relationship, they were in love. Lily was a young flourishing woman who was building a career for herself, she was building a great life. Frank as we know suffered from PTSD I don't know if it was as severe as most cases but it was pretty bad. In several parts of the book Morrison allows us to get a vivid picture of just how little Frank did and how much he zoned out. He often times sat around all day and glared out of the window and never picked up after himself he was described as an animal. Frank has no direction in his life he has no idea or goal for his life …show more content…
Intimate love relationships in this case helped heal Frank not necessarily in a good way in the way because he was only using her for his healing but wasn’t active. Family relationship may not be correct, Cee and Frank would be completely irresponsible but I think it helped because Cee caused Frank to be active and actually try to do stuff in life for once her actually had a goal instead of just wanting to survive because now his goal in life was to not only survive but also take care of
Frank and Lily had an intimate relationship, they were in love. Lily was a young flourishing woman who was building a career for herself, she was building a great life. Frank as we know suffered from PTSD I don't know if it was as severe as most cases but it was pretty bad. In several parts of the book Morrison allows us to get a vivid picture of just how little Frank did and how much he zoned out. He often times sat around all day and glared out of the window and never picked up after himself he was described as an animal. Frank has no direction in his life he has no idea or goal for his life …show more content…
Intimate love relationships in this case helped heal Frank not necessarily in a good way in the way because he was only using her for his healing but wasn’t active. Family relationship may not be correct, Cee and Frank would be completely irresponsible but I think it helped because Cee caused Frank to be active and actually try to do stuff in life for once her actually had a goal instead of just wanting to survive because now his goal in life was to not only survive but also take care of