In our lives we can probably all think of someone who was or is being affected by cancer. It is not fun to see someone struggle with cancer. In fact, it is really difficult to see someone struggle with cancer. In the novel Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick, Steven’s little brother, Jeffrey has been diagnosed with leukemia, a malignant type of cancer. As Jeffrey’s battle with cancer progresses, Steven has gone through the 5 Stages of Grief. The 5 Stages of Grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Steven has shown signs of all of them throughout the novel. One of the stages that Steven goes through is the denial stage. One example of the denial stage is when Steven wants to believe that the emergency
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One example of the acceptance stage is when Steven had began to read a book about Jeffrey’s illness (Sonnenblick 241). This shows acceptance from Steven because he truly wanted to find out more about Jeffrey’s cancer. The first night Steven brought the book home, he was already halfway through the 600 page book. This shows that he was really into reading the book so he wanted to learn a lot about his cancer. An additional example of the acceptance stage is when Steven shaved his head in order to look like Jeffrey and make him feel better about looking different from his cancer (Sonnenblick 201-205). This shows acceptance because Steven acknowledged that neither Jeffrey or him could do anything about his cancer. Also, Steven’s main goal was to make Jeffrey feel better because he would look more like him. It obviously worked because it reads “Jeffrey’s smile got larger and larger till it was as big as Christmas” which means his face was radiant with joy (Sonnenblick 203). As you can see it is an emotional roller coaster when someone you love goes through cancer or a type of illness. As the novel Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie progresses, the main character Steven has shown signs of the 5 Stages of Grief because his little brother, Jeffrey was diagnosed with cancer. The 5 Stages of Grief consist of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. When someone you love goes through cancer it is not easy to deal
One example of the acceptance stage is when Steven had began to read a book about Jeffrey’s illness (Sonnenblick 241). This shows acceptance from Steven because he truly wanted to find out more about Jeffrey’s cancer. The first night Steven brought the book home, he was already halfway through the 600 page book. This shows that he was really into reading the book so he wanted to learn a lot about his cancer. An additional example of the acceptance stage is when Steven shaved his head in order to look like Jeffrey and make him feel better about looking different from his cancer (Sonnenblick 201-205). This shows acceptance because Steven acknowledged that neither Jeffrey or him could do anything about his cancer. Also, Steven’s main goal was to make Jeffrey feel better because he would look more like him. It obviously worked because it reads “Jeffrey’s smile got larger and larger till it was as big as Christmas” which means his face was radiant with joy (Sonnenblick 203). As you can see it is an emotional roller coaster when someone you love goes through cancer or a type of illness. As the novel Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie progresses, the main character Steven has shown signs of the 5 Stages of Grief because his little brother, Jeffrey was diagnosed with cancer. The 5 Stages of Grief consist of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. When someone you love goes through cancer it is not easy to deal