Ordinary People: Dysfunctional Family
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Thousands of people around the world suffer the consequences of not
being able to forgive, in some cases it destroys their life. Ordinary
People by Judith Guest, is the story of a dysfunctional family who relate
to one another in a very odd way. The book opens with seventeen year old
Conrad, son o ....
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.... through the characters Beth and Conrad. Both
are unable to forgive themselves for similar reasons, but Conrad comes to
terms with his guilt while Beth cannot.
She is furthermore, a perfectionist. "Everything had to be perfect,
never mind the impossible hardship it worked on her, on them all." Conrad
is not unlike his mother. He is an overachiever, an "A" student, on the
swim team and a list-maker. His father tells the psychiatrist, "I see her
not being able to forgive him. For surviving, ....
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Word count: 951
Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)
