The novel Ordinary People explores how the heart and mind recover from afflictive losses. The author Judith Guest depicts how a tragedy can change lives drastically and even tear families apart. This novel illustrates how people deal with such emotional stresses differently, healing slowly but surely.
The death of Jordan Jarrett affected the Jarrett family greatly. Calvin, his father, was one who dealt with the situation the best. He had been orphaned at a young age, so he had already dealt with the loss of his mother. "When he was eleven, he learned the association of the word loss with death" (pg. 49). He was more un
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