Summary Of Girl Interrupted By Susanna Kaysen

From Beyond the Struggles: A Literacy Narrative
Looking back at my childhood, I can tell you things were not as they seem. As a child, many of my neighbors assumed my sibling and I were perfectly happy spending hours outside playing around the neighborhood. However, this is not true, I would have preferred to be hidden in the corner of my bedroom curled up with a Judy Bloom or Hardy Boys book away from the constant battling between my brothers and sister. When I was in the third grade my mother whom I loved so much, started locking us out of the house. Reading or doing homework was an impossible task to accomplish when you are stranded outside. When I was younger, I always took an interest in people and their behavior. I always wanted to know
I wandered up and down the isles; often taking a seat reading may of the introductions or prefaces of books. I came across the book "Girl Interrupted" by Susanna Kaysen, this book immediately fascinated me. I was introduced to the protagonist named Susanna, whom is sent to a psychiatric hospital when she was just 18 years old. I was lured into this book because my sister was admitted a couple of times to a psychiatric hospital. I learned that the reason why Kaysen was sent there was because her parents believed was a troubled teen-ager. Some of the circumstances that have lead them to come to this conclusion, was because she did affair with her English teacher; dropped out of school, and even tried to commit suicide. While my sister didn’t have an affair with her English teacher they are similarities between their two stories. I was surprised to learn that Kaysen never anticipated to spend an extended period at the hospital, however was there almost two years in the institution. Kaysen narrated the memoir, and tells us about some of the patients and acquaintances that were admitted at the institution while she was there. Kaysen struggled in the institution until she finally gets a diagnosis. The diagnosis is that she had a borderline personality disorder. My sister never got diagnosed with any type of mental disorders; I believe that the constant moving was a result of our moving constantly. I had a greater appreciation for what my sister experienced once I read this book. The best part of the book was seen at the end of the story how she is able to reconnect with a couple of her friends from the