At one point in “Pilgrims” Orringer explains how the site of watching her mother get a chemotherapy treatment effects Ella, “She remembered it like a filmstrip from school, a series of connected images she wished she didn’t have to watch: her mother with an IV needle in her arm,… her mother shaking so hard she had to be tied down” (Orringer 489). In these words, Orringer has shown chemotherapy treatment through the eyes of a confused and scared child. We are taken to a place where everything has been magnified, and the smallest things cause an impact on the emotional well-being of the child. This is one reason it is important for families to get guidance from the beginning of the illness, so they can better understand what steps will help the
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The authors write, "there was a significant decrease in depression and increase in family functioning scores from before to after the intervention” (Thastum, Mikael, et al 1). “Pilgrims” is a great example of the negative consequences when children are left to wonder and deal with the emotions related to their sick parent on their own.
In “Pilgrims” when the children are left to fend for themselves and navigate their emotions and fears on their own, their negative emotions take a dark turn. In “Pilgrims” the author gives evidence of both physical and emotional neglect by using repeated references to the children being skinny and dirty. The children come time after time seeking an emotional connection with their parents, but the parents appear to be so caught up in their own tragedy they have forgotten that the children are going through misery of their own. No one seeks out the children to ask how they are feeling or what can be done to help them have less grief and worry. The children handle their neglect and bottled up emotions by comforting or hurting each other. Authors Kathleen, McCue and
The authors write, "there was a significant decrease in depression and increase in family functioning scores from before to after the intervention” (Thastum, Mikael, et al 1). “Pilgrims” is a great example of the negative consequences when children are left to wonder and deal with the emotions related to their sick parent on their own.
In “Pilgrims” when the children are left to fend for themselves and navigate their emotions and fears on their own, their negative emotions take a dark turn. In “Pilgrims” the author gives evidence of both physical and emotional neglect by using repeated references to the children being skinny and dirty. The children come time after time seeking an emotional connection with their parents, but the parents appear to be so caught up in their own tragedy they have forgotten that the children are going through misery of their own. No one seeks out the children to ask how they are feeling or what can be done to help them have less grief and worry. The children handle their neglect and bottled up emotions by comforting or hurting each other. Authors Kathleen, McCue and