Interrupted

Girl Interrupted The piece of literature I chose to read and write about was “Girl Interrupted” by Susanna Kaysen. In 1967 Susanna Kaysen was sent to a mental hospital called McLean Hospital after a failed suicide attempt. She always had aspirations of becoming a writer and in 1993 wrote a best selling memoir titled Girl Interrupted detailing her experiences in the hospital and the people she met. She also won a YALSA Best Books for Young Adults award. What drew me to choose this book was…

to Flynn. Granted, they have some similarities, but the two authors were still wildly different and it was difficult rapidly changing between them. Susanna Kaysen 's style in Girl, Interrupted is characterized by its simplicity in both the choice…

Girl, Interrupted is about an eighteen year old named Susanna Kaysen. She committed herself into a metal institute after she decided to take a bottle of aspirin and wash it down with a bottle of Vodka. During her 18 month stay in the mental institution she encounters Georgina, Lisa, Polly, and Daisy. The four friends each have their own psychological problems. Lisa the wildest of the group, tries to hold her back through negativity, but in the end Susanna overcomes her issues and is released.…

Mary Meyer’s murder has remained unsolved for almost half a century. On a fall day in 1964, Mary, best known for her affair with John F. Kennedy, was murdered in a Washington DC neighborhood, Georgetown. In Lance Morrow’s, “Woman, Interrupted”, he describes the first-hand account of the murder scene and offers two possible theories of why Mary was murdered. He also provides insight to some of the most powerful women in Washington. Lance, a young reporter for the Washington Star, heard the…

In terms of what society considers to be “sane” arguably there is evidence to support that every individual within society is partially insane. Therefore, Girl, Interrupted is able to shed light on the stigma surrounding mental illness and propels the idea that even “crazy” people can have authoritative narratives. Furthermore, the language used establishes the validity of arguments within a piece of literature. Within the context of a narrative such as an autobiography rhetoric can, and in the…

The movie Girl, Interrupted is about a young woman, Susanna Kaysen who is admitted to a mental hospital following a suicide attempt. While inside, she goes on a journey of self-discovery, acceptance and gains an understanding of what it truly means to be “crazy”. Ultimately she is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and after an eighteen month stay and deemed “healthy” she is released. Susanna also forms close relationships with the other patients but the film primary focus is on…

Girl, Interrupted came out in 1999 in the theaters. The character I chose in the movie is the bold and dangerous Lisa Rowe, played by Angelina Jolie. Lisa was diagnosed as a sociopath, also called Antisocial Personality Disorder. She is the “villain” of the movie. She behaves badly, a bad influence to other patients, and pushes people to their breaking points. “Antisocial personality disorder is a disorder that is characterized by a long-standing pattern of disregard for other people’s rights,…

Girl, Interrupted is a memoir written by Susanna Kaysen in 1993. In her memoir, Kaysen recalls her time spent at a psychiatric hospital after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Her story is told through a collection of nonlinear vignettes as she chronicles her two years spent at psychiatric hospitall and her life after her time there. Kaysen recalls that in April of 1967, as an eighteen-year-old, she was admitted to McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts after attempting…

Susanna Kaysen’s book, Girl, Interrupted, is an amazing piece of literature that tells the story of the two years she spent at McLean Hospital. Kaysen depicts the theme of confusion between freedom and captivity through her experience at McLean Hospital to show how one cannot be found without the other. While questioning the difference between non-conforming and being crazy, Susanna Kaysen also allows the readers to question themselves and their ideas of normality. The use of literary elements,…

container of ice cream just because you were sad about something? Have you ever felt like you were observing this world through a window? Many people could answer “yes” to these questions, but does that mean they are crazy. In the novel, Girl, Interrupted the author Susanna Kaysen, examines what her life was like being labeled crazy and put in a mental hospital for two years in the 1960’s. In this essay, the treatment of Susanna will be evaluated in comparison to the other patients. The ways…