1. What are the many conflicts, discrepancies, & mixed messages involved in this case? July is a mixed bag of emotions and uncertainties at the moment. She claims to be unable to study for the Bar exam due to ‘turmoil’ in her life, but her son attends kindergarten and she is unemployed. She is ruminating about her life, “of all the things, constantly happening”, but besides needing to study and feeling lonely nothing else has been reported that is occurring that would prevent her from studying. Moreover, July is hopeful that the man she had an affair with which resulted in the birth of an illegitimate child can be a good father and a good husband. This is in spite of the fact that he explicitly stated that not only will he not remarry …show more content…
3. Evaluate the change process via the Client Change Scale. Given the plethora of conflicts, discrepancies, & mixed messages in July’s initial story she is clearly in the level 1 stage of denial. She also exhibits parts of the level 2 stage of partial examination as she understands that passing the Bar exam will grant her independence but still professes her need of her former boss. If July can come to terms with her current situation, how she got into it and what it will take to get out of it then the level 3 stage of acceptance & recognition, but with no change is possible. Level 4 is possible but only after time will tell. Reaching the level 5 stage, while not impossible may prove to be improbable until July recognizes what healthy relationships entail. Case Study: Finding Family Balance in Greece 1. What skills would you use to help Katerina clarify her feelings & resolve her conflict? Katerina, like July, is also in need of an empathic, effective confrontation with special regard to reflection of feeling to deal with her ambivalence toward her family and her professional life. On one hand Katerina states that family comes first. That she ‘would like to be there when she is needed; that she ‘wants’ to prepare her children’s meals and help with their homework. But on the other hand she is so busy at
Review the eight conflict-management skills discussed in the text. Identify three examples of these skills in the dialogue between Jan and Ken.
Facing transitions and dealing with dramatic change has a influencing aspect on family and personal relationships, through the text we see the dynamics of relationships and roles of family shift to meet the needs of each individual as they face the challenge of moving in to the world before them. the manner in which the various members of the Brennan family relate to each other, as well as the horrible
Johnson provides a brief account of the novella 's plot, together with his own perspective on the fact that so much of literature and literary analysis concentrates on the relationships that the characters have. In this case, the author examines the family as composed of children of ineffectual parents. While this writer does not know this with certainty, it is possible that many cases requiring family therapy are due to this very cause. The author then goes on to discuss the family in the context of the greater social system.
This personal confession shows that Mrs. Mallard, though she will mourn at first, now is free to “live for herself,” (228) not for her imposing husband. Before her husband’s death, Mrs. Mallard believed she was in a healthy, normal marriage. This death revealed to her how while she cared about her husband, she despised the lack of freedom her marriage had given her. All of the realizations that Mrs. Mallard reaches during her time of reflection shows the readers exactly why she will no longer mourn the death of her husband.
Her unforeseen actions are due to the rest care tradition, which has progressively worsened her mental state and caused her to overlook her role as a caring wife in desperation to escape the imprisonment of the tradition. As witnessed from the two short stories, conflicts arise amidst families due to the events of old traditions, establishing a divide between family members that is difficult to overcome once constructed.
Firstly, Every hardship and obstacles she endured throughout her childhood helped Jeannette to become a successful adult.Jeannette’s parent were very unpredictable, her mother was self absorbed in her hobbies, and her father was an interminable alcoholic. Even though her parent neglected and gave less attention to Jeannette,
Alexandra Bergman’s lack of self awareness allows others to forget that she is a woman and, at times, even human, which continuously builds the wall of isolation that surrounds her. As a result, when she reacts to situations as a woman would, rather than as “she” should, those around her don’t know what to make of it. Because she has been such a steady influence for so many years, those around her do not understand that perhaps she did have another dream besides working the land that she seems to care so deeply about. Her brothers in particular are unable to comprehend that Alexandra is a woman and was forced into the life she has lead by their father’s fantasy
Jeannette can see and understand what is going on to her and her family. Jeannette shares: ‘mom you can’t quit your job’ I said. “ we need the money.” mom asked. “you have a job. You can earn money. Lori can earn money too.”(218). jeannette gets into a conflict with her mother. Jeannette don’t want her mother quit the job; because Jeannette understands this time her family need the money than ever. Opposite to Jeannette, her mother do not care much for the family and her children. Jeannette also conflict with her father after she tells him about her mother problem. Jeannette shares: “who do you think you are” he asked. “Shes your mother.” “ then why she doesn’t act like one?” i looked at dad for what felt like a very long moment. Then I burted out, “and why don’t you act like a dad” (220). Instead go to the bar and drink; jeannette wants her father to get a job to help the family. Jeannette wants her parents have responsibility for their kids and their family. Jeannette matures in her mind and also her actions such as talks to her parents to get a job, and take care her siblings. She is a young lady, but she has a mature thinking. Jeannette says:” i was afraid that Mr.Brecker wouldn’t give me the job if he knew I was only thirteen, so I told him I was seventeen.”(215). Jeannette has to work to get the money to help her family when she only thirteen years old. At this age, most children are only focus on school, but
Shereflected on her family especially her younger brother. She discussed about her wish to look after him and provide support and guidance. At the same time, she expressed a sense of struggle with a feeling that she is not able to provide everything that her brother needs. She noticed that her brother reminds her of her own needs growing up.
Throughout the course of the semester, the concept of duty has been a major theme in various novels, such as in Anzia Yezierska’s Bread Givers, Cynthia Ozick’s The Shawl, and Saul Bellow’s Herzog. Although Yezierska, Ozick, and Bellow offer different circumstances, they all suggest a sense of responsibility from parent to child. I will show how the relationship between Sara and her father in Bread Givers differ from Rosa and the living incarnation of her daughter in The Shawl and Herzog’s fight to gain custody of his daughter June in Herzog. They are all significant in understanding the parent-child commitment in Jewish American families. According to these three novels, parents are obligated to their children – parents must give emotional support as well as security to them.
On the other hand, Rita slightly contrasts the two families above as she appears to be rigidly disengaged instead of enmeshed. Rita and Denny are not intimately close. This is illustrated as Rita responds to a question by saying, “loyalty? I [have] you know, I [have] tried to explain it to my husband … I think he [is] thick” (Gilbert, 1983). Rita’s family lacks the flexibility to change. People get married and have kids. There is no self-exploration, enlightenment, and adaptability is absent.
The Divorcee’s prologue and tale should immediately precede the Corporate Attorney's tale because the two tales are commentary on the implications of freedom. The divorcee and the attorney’s experiences lie on a spectrum, with devastation at one end and revitalization at the other. This spectrum shows that freedom can either be overwhelming to the point of debilitation, or it can be a tool to start anew. Both the corporate attorney and the divorcee are coping with major losses, the lawyer having just quit his job and the divorcee terminating her marriage. These life changes provide each character with newfound freedom. In addition, each character experiences dissonance with the freedom resulting from their life changes. In the divorcee’s tale,
Throughout one’s life, it’s literally stress failure and loss which many of us can overcome but it also. Defines them as a person and a human being/individual. There’s no wonder, therefore. Numerous authors, screenwriters and poets have therefore chosen relationships as a focus for their texts. The novel and film of Looking for Alibrandi, written by Melina Marchetta and directed by Kate Woods respectively, Are two texts mainly focus on relationships as core components driving the plot. Good morning/afternoon Mr Appleton and fellow class mates students of saint Laurence’s Collage I would like to thank you for inviting me here to deliver my option on looking for Alibrandi. This analyse is the relationship between Josephine Alibrandi and Katia
Marianne’s display of responsibility is not consistent, and is very different than her sister’s; unlike Elinor, Marianne lives a
One way to bury her guilt is by working; “You wait in people in the restaurant all day and sit up all night making other people’s clothes” (p.5, l.140).