Ordinary People: Loss

Part I of Essay
The story of Ordinary People was not so much about the loved one who had died but the loved ones whom he left behind. The story involved what you might call your “average family”, however, it shows the toll which death can take on this average family and its individual memb ....

Part II of Essay
.... it.” He looks for answers elsewhere. Cal begins searching within himself for a conclusion. “I’m the kind of man who…?” He can’t answer this question without being too painfully truthful; afraid of finding something he doesn’t want to see. He begins noticing imperfections in himself. “He has noted this about himself lately: He drinks too muck when they go out. Because drinking helps.” Cal finally comes to a conclusion that there was nothing he could have done to prevent the death of his son. He gives up more so than he heals. Conrad. He found ....