"Things That Matter" is a short story written by Michelle Abigail Tiu Tan. It is a simple piece of 21st century Philippine literature. This short story involves a family that is struggling with money and recovering from the death of their father. Michelle Abigail Tiu Tan has the story revolve around an argument between the daughter and mother of this family. The issue of this argument is about money. For the majority of the short story, the protagonist and her mother are in argument because of their excessively high bill.
However, this paper notices that there seems to be more depth to the argument between the mother and daughter. The family of this story still seem to be adjusting to their new lifestyle that is due to the death of the father. …show more content…
This theory discusses motives based on the unconscious mind of the author, characters, audience, and/or the text. (SCRIBD). This literary theory critics the literature based on existing psychological theories. These theories are made by real world professional psychologist/psychiatrist/psychoanalyst. These psychological theories discuss the “why’s” and “how’s” to people’s behavior. These theories are then applied to the focus of the critique, whether the focus is the author, characters, audience, and/or the text. Some common examples of psychoanalysis on fictional characters include Sherlock Holmes, he strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Isadora Zelda White Stollerman Wing, etc. (A PSYCHOANALYSIS OF FICTIONAL CHARACTERS). (5 Psychoanalyses Of Book Characters).
The focus of this study will be on the main character of the literature. In Michelle Abigail Tiu Tan’s “Things That Matter” the two main characters are fighting over the high bill that they need to pay. However, through the application and argument of the psychoanalytic theory there are deeper reasons as to why they argue. With the different variables provided to those that study Michelle Abigail Tiu Tan’s short story, one can conclude, through the given text, that the change in lifestyle from the death of their father is what sparks the flame for their …show more content…
Some of these habits include avoiding talking out their arguments and apologizing to each other with food offerings. Another habit of theirs that was affected by this death, was not having to talk to one another during their arguments because the father was their messenger. The income of their money also changed.
The Oedipus complex is a psychological theory created by the founding father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. The argument of this complex discusses the desire a child has for the parent of the opposite sex. This desire causes the child to be threatened and jealous of the parent of the same sex. Thus, the child resents the parent of the same gender. In the case of this short story, our protagonist’s desire for her father causes her to have a more heated relationship with her mother. This theory shall work as the base argument for this
However, this paper notices that there seems to be more depth to the argument between the mother and daughter. The family of this story still seem to be adjusting to their new lifestyle that is due to the death of the father. …show more content…
This theory discusses motives based on the unconscious mind of the author, characters, audience, and/or the text. (SCRIBD). This literary theory critics the literature based on existing psychological theories. These theories are made by real world professional psychologist/psychiatrist/psychoanalyst. These psychological theories discuss the “why’s” and “how’s” to people’s behavior. These theories are then applied to the focus of the critique, whether the focus is the author, characters, audience, and/or the text. Some common examples of psychoanalysis on fictional characters include Sherlock Holmes, he strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Isadora Zelda White Stollerman Wing, etc. (A PSYCHOANALYSIS OF FICTIONAL CHARACTERS). (5 Psychoanalyses Of Book Characters).
The focus of this study will be on the main character of the literature. In Michelle Abigail Tiu Tan’s “Things That Matter” the two main characters are fighting over the high bill that they need to pay. However, through the application and argument of the psychoanalytic theory there are deeper reasons as to why they argue. With the different variables provided to those that study Michelle Abigail Tiu Tan’s short story, one can conclude, through the given text, that the change in lifestyle from the death of their father is what sparks the flame for their …show more content…
Some of these habits include avoiding talking out their arguments and apologizing to each other with food offerings. Another habit of theirs that was affected by this death, was not having to talk to one another during their arguments because the father was their messenger. The income of their money also changed.
The Oedipus complex is a psychological theory created by the founding father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. The argument of this complex discusses the desire a child has for the parent of the opposite sex. This desire causes the child to be threatened and jealous of the parent of the same sex. Thus, the child resents the parent of the same gender. In the case of this short story, our protagonist’s desire for her father causes her to have a more heated relationship with her mother. This theory shall work as the base argument for this