Ordinary People: Movie Analysis

In the movie, Ordinary People, the Jarrett family struggles with Buck’s death as their s struggling with survivor's guilt. The living son, Conrad, spends months in a hospital recovering from attempt at suicide and sees a psychiatrist, Dr. Berger, in attempt to recover from the boating tragedy. Conrad and his father, Calvin both want to talk about the death of Buck, but the mother, Beth, wants to avoid all conversation with his name involved. Though they have difficulty with this event the family does in fact communicate, but it is very less than good and often strained with some form of violence that is often easily fixable if they create safety and allow another to talk about how they feel. Throughout the movie Conrad makes progression