Izzy, Willy- Nilly by Cynthia Voight is about a fifteen year old girl named Isobel “Izzy” Lingard who is a pretty and popular high school girl up until the night she went out with Marco Griggers. Izzy went to a party with Marco, a senior on the football team, and he had been heavily drinking that night. Izzy went against her better judgement and decided to have Marco drive her home despite his intoxicated state. This ride home ended up with Izzy ultimately losing half of her right leg which would cause her life to unfold in an unexpected way. Izzy had faced a traumatic experience and was left with her family and friends to provide her with the social support she needed in order to recover. As defined by Sippel et al., “Social support refers
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At first, Izzy was in her own little world humming songs to herself and not truly understanding the gravity of her situation. It was not until her friends Lisa, Lauren and Suzy came over in which she realized that she was different. Izzy’s friends did not provide the social support that they should have to help her become stronger and more resilient. According to Sipple et al., “The support that individuals receive from family, friends, colleagues, organizations, and community has a profound impact on their psychological health, physical health, and on the ability to deal with adversities and challenges.” The support that is given to an individual during their most difficult times from their friends, family, and community has a significant effect on their recovery both physically and mentally. This relates to back to Izzy’s situation because since she did not have the best support from her friends in the beginning of the novel, her ability to cope with her disability and outward appearance was not made easier with the help of her friends, but harder because they did not sympathize and encourage her to embrace and overcome her …show more content…
The Lingards come from an upper class background and did not communicate their feelings or thoughts on situations since they were concerned about their reputation. Izzy emphasized this when she said, “For a minute, I thought she was going to cry, but we don’t do that, we Lingards, so she didn’t” (45). This reiterated that idea that Izzy not only felt that she couldn’t express her emotions, but she knew that if she tried to talk to her parents about her feelings that they would not be able to understand her like her friends could because they did not express their feelings. In a research article from Salem Press’s 2013 Encyclopedia of Health, Bremer and Brooks state that “Tangible support is the providing of material aid in the form of goods and services. It is often needed but rarely given. One of the few instances in which it is commonly offered is following a death in the family, when friends and neighbors may bring over casseroles so that the grieving family can eat nutritious meals.” Tangible support is crucial as it involves providing goods and services for those who are unable to do so for themselves during a difficult time. This type of support from her mother would have helped Izzy to feel more comfortable while she was in the hospital. Mrs. Lingard did not bring Izzy what she needed to distract herself, but
At first, Izzy was in her own little world humming songs to herself and not truly understanding the gravity of her situation. It was not until her friends Lisa, Lauren and Suzy came over in which she realized that she was different. Izzy’s friends did not provide the social support that they should have to help her become stronger and more resilient. According to Sipple et al., “The support that individuals receive from family, friends, colleagues, organizations, and community has a profound impact on their psychological health, physical health, and on the ability to deal with adversities and challenges.” The support that is given to an individual during their most difficult times from their friends, family, and community has a significant effect on their recovery both physically and mentally. This relates to back to Izzy’s situation because since she did not have the best support from her friends in the beginning of the novel, her ability to cope with her disability and outward appearance was not made easier with the help of her friends, but harder because they did not sympathize and encourage her to embrace and overcome her …show more content…
The Lingards come from an upper class background and did not communicate their feelings or thoughts on situations since they were concerned about their reputation. Izzy emphasized this when she said, “For a minute, I thought she was going to cry, but we don’t do that, we Lingards, so she didn’t” (45). This reiterated that idea that Izzy not only felt that she couldn’t express her emotions, but she knew that if she tried to talk to her parents about her feelings that they would not be able to understand her like her friends could because they did not express their feelings. In a research article from Salem Press’s 2013 Encyclopedia of Health, Bremer and Brooks state that “Tangible support is the providing of material aid in the form of goods and services. It is often needed but rarely given. One of the few instances in which it is commonly offered is following a death in the family, when friends and neighbors may bring over casseroles so that the grieving family can eat nutritious meals.” Tangible support is crucial as it involves providing goods and services for those who are unable to do so for themselves during a difficult time. This type of support from her mother would have helped Izzy to feel more comfortable while she was in the hospital. Mrs. Lingard did not bring Izzy what she needed to distract herself, but