99,000 Essays & Term Papers: Where You Buy Essays and Papers Online
Direct Essays, Where You Can Buy Essays and Papers Online

Instant Access to Buy Essays and Papers Online!
Acceptable Use Policy
Customer Service
Site Search


Login to View Essays and Papers Online

Join Now - Instant Access to Essays and Research Papers!

  Essay and Research Paper Topics
Acceptance Essays
Arts Essays
Custom Essays
English Literature Essays
Foreign
History Essays
Miscellaneous Research Papers and Essays
Movie Essays and Papers
Music Term Papers
Novels
People and Biography Research Papers
Politics Research Papers
Religion Research Papers
Science Essay Topics
Sports Research Papers
Technology Research Papers
 
  FAQ
Technical Support
Site Map
Direct Essays
 

 



Welcome to Direct Essays

This is a short summary of this paper!

Already a member? Go here to log in and view the entire paper!


Join Now!
by: Credit Card
Join Now!
by: Online Check
Join Now!
by: Phone 1-900
Special! View this paper for FREE!
  

ordinary ppl

Ordinary People by Judith Guest is the story of a

dysfunctional family who relate to one another through a series of

extensive defense mechanisms, i.e. an unconscious process whereby

reality is distorted to reduce or prevent anxiety. The book opens

with seventeen year old Conrad, son of upper middle-class Beth and

Calvin Jarrett, home after eight months in a psychiatric hospital,

there because he had attempted suicide by slashing his wrists. His

mother is a meticulously orderly person who, Jared, through

projection, feels despises him. She does all the right things;

attending to Jared's physical needs, keeping a spotless home, plays

golf and bridge with other women in her social circle, but, in her

own words "is an emotional cripple". Jared's father, raised in an

orphanage, seems anxious to please everyone, a commonplace reaction

of individuals who, as children, experienced parental indifference

or inconsistency. Though a successful tax attorney, he is jumpy

around Conrad, and, according to his wife, drinks too many

Conrad seems consumed with despair. A return to normalcy,

school and home-life, appear to be more than Conrad can handle.

Chalk-faced, hair-hacked Conrad seems


study, the attacks on the self are revealed to be unconscious

"She had not cried at the funeral.... She and Conrad had been

me?" Conrad expresses a similar thought in remembering the

their development stage (Erikson), "ego integrity vs. despair".

emotion and denying emotional investment in a thing or person.

also turns his anger on himself and expresses in extreme and

situations in which they behaved selfishly (Conrad held on to the

me? My mother is a very private person." This sort of response

with Conrad, moving closer to him, while his mother goes off on her

Beth, Conrad's mother, is very self-possessed. She appears



Some common words found in the essay are:
William Helmreich, Beth Conrad's, Dr Berger, Calvin Jarrett, Encyclopedia Britannica, Judith Guest, Calvin Razoring, Calvin Conrad's, Safety Definitely, Dad Calvin, mad conrad, conrad moving, conrad feelings, conrad responds, feel guilty, mad conrad responds, express anger, conrad consumed,
Approximate Word count = 1418
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)


  

More Essays on ordinary ppl

The Moral and Ethical Aspects of Cloning2319 words
a bunch of quotes3006 words

Look at even more essays on ordinary ppl
More English Essays

Special! View this paper for FREE!
Click here to JoinNow!
by: Credit Card
Click here to Join Now!
by: Online Check
Click here to Join Now!
by: Phone 1-900

 

All papers and essays are for research and reference purposes only!
Copyright 2002-2009 Direct Essays , LLC. All Rights Reserved. DMCA
Webmasters make $$$$
Saved Papers