One of the most shocking element of “The Pillowman” was when Katuria noted, “it isn’t about being or not being dead, it’s about what you leave behind.” The shocking element of this quote is the psychological mentality you would have to have in order to believe such notion. Only an individual with such passion with leaving “something” behind would follow this suicidal method. Maisie is not that individual who would take on The Pillowman’s advice. Though not all children (whose parents are divorced and have been in Maisie’s shoes) would avoid “The Pillowman” on his advice. Maisie is the type of individual that would re-live these miserable moments in her life in order to learn from them and have a whole new life to look forward to.
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Such context in a quote would apply to others besides Maisie, others who actually have something they would want someone to remember them. Individuals like Katurian, who want their work, which in his case was his short stories, to survive. A symbolic way to let everyone know that they were once alive, and you’d remember from they have left behind.
The psychological effects of children with divorced parents vary on the individual but the outcome of the effects turn out negative. According to a study conducted by East Carolina University, University of Wyoming, and Oklahoma State University, children in single-parent households may become more responsible, more independent, and more alert to adult values than other children at the same age. Maisie, caught in between her self-absorbed parents who use her as a pawn in a custody battle, is aware of the adult situation. Aware of the situation Maisie finds reason to hope that someday she’ll find genuine …show more content…
Factors which in the end leave the child permanently and psychologically scared. In Lisa Piemont’s The epigenesis of psychopathy in children of divorce, she explains how we all have the basic human need to feel wanted, especially by family. That human instinct to feel wanted affects children of divorced parents at a whole different scale. Their mind, such like Maisie’s, is challenged at a very young age. Maisie suffers from fear of abandonment because she learns that her parent’s affection is false and their presence is kept in
According …show more content…
Such context in a quote would apply to others besides Maisie, others who actually have something they would want someone to remember them. Individuals like Katurian, who want their work, which in his case was his short stories, to survive. A symbolic way to let everyone know that they were once alive, and you’d remember from they have left behind.
The psychological effects of children with divorced parents vary on the individual but the outcome of the effects turn out negative. According to a study conducted by East Carolina University, University of Wyoming, and Oklahoma State University, children in single-parent households may become more responsible, more independent, and more alert to adult values than other children at the same age. Maisie, caught in between her self-absorbed parents who use her as a pawn in a custody battle, is aware of the adult situation. Aware of the situation Maisie finds reason to hope that someday she’ll find genuine …show more content…
Factors which in the end leave the child permanently and psychologically scared. In Lisa Piemont’s The epigenesis of psychopathy in children of divorce, she explains how we all have the basic human need to feel wanted, especially by family. That human instinct to feel wanted affects children of divorced parents at a whole different scale. Their mind, such like Maisie’s, is challenged at a very young age. Maisie suffers from fear of abandonment because she learns that her parent’s affection is false and their presence is kept in