Psychological Criticisms Of Grieving In Literature

A psychological analysis of dealing with death during childhood and reconstruction of societal norms experienced in literature about the process of grieving. Families dynamics, environments, and friends vary depending on the person. In childhood grief and loss will affect children in different ways. Each child will cope differently psychologically through death, and society will attempt to show the importance of the proper steps for grieving. Society norms provide a set of guidelines that people can follow that will help them through the process, the process of grieving differs depending on surrounding variables. This is the case in literature, particularly literature which reconstructs the process of grieving. When dealing with the loss of a parent it can affect children many ways and “it is not uncommon for the death of a parent to be a psychologically and
Especially focusing on denial, anger, and isolation, these three psychological concepts are direct aspects of the grieving process, which impact individuals differently. Psychological criticism looks at the unconscious activity in ones mind, this unconscious activity is unknown to surrounding people. In addition, psychological criticism considers the relationship between unconscious and conscious actions. Tiger Eyes, Grief Girl, and Tear Soup: A Recipe For Healing after Loss all focus on psychological emotions, actions, and behaviors of people dealing with grief. These emotions, actions, and behaviors are all different depending on different variables, such as the surrounding environments, family, and friends. Society organized a structured patterned that people should follow when grieving, this pattern is known as the grieving process. The three books go against this process because the characters in each book experience the grieving process different. Variables are