Irony And Truth In The Film Ordinary People

There are many mind-boggling books made throughout history, but a book written by S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders, melted the hearts of many. . In this book, there is so much conflict between the greasers and socs culminated in violence and physical confrontations. Greasers are the people who live on the east side of Tulsa with less money than middle and higher class. Socs are the higher class that have parties while getting drunk and still being highly respected, unlike the greasers who are looked down at by almost everyone.These differences are only the beginning, and most of the hostility between the socs and greasers based on acts of revenge. The acts of revenge throughout the book, The Outsiders, reveals external conflict, internal conflict, and irony. Revenge is a huge

However, later on in the story, it takes a different tone, and by the very end the tone is that of panic, disdain and fear.

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story about two lovers who are from two disputing families, and their eventual suicides. Shakespeare uses dramatic irony throughout the play to create tension for the audience and foreshadow the ending. Dramatic irony is when the words or actions of characters in a story have a different meaning to the reader than to the characters. This is because the reader knows something that the characters do not. Romeo and Juliet’s death could have been prevented if the characters in the story weren’t so ignorant of their situations, and often times the reader recognizes this.

The emotional agony that Conrad experienced following the death of his brother almost led to his end. The conflict inside of Conrad is only the beginning of his suffering. The emotions that engulf one's mind can swallow them up and eat them from the inside out. They demand to be felt, but the management of the emotional conflict has been just as important. For example, when the Jannett family is together to take family photos, including the grandparents, the disconnect between Conrad and his mother are clearly visible to the naked eye. After being asked to take a picture with her son, Beth hesitates, violently insisting a different photo to be taken in order to avoid accepting and showing the increasing disconnect between her and her son. Siting and watching, Conrad struggles internally to decode the intentions of the scene depicted in front of him before he burst into an outrage. Initially, Conrad practiced silence in the form of withdrawal. Thus, he situated himself in the isolated window chair. The actions of his mother spoke to him in the sense that she hated him, wishing to have nothing to do with him. The silence remained silent until he burst with rage, projecting the instructions of his father for the camera to be given to his emotionally silent mother. Conrad rested on the assumptions he formed based not only on his mother’s current action, but passed actions as well, to reveal what he

Dramatic irony was a major element used for implementing suspense in to the film. A representation of irony shown in the movie that showcases

In fact, his mother denies her loss, hoping to maintain her composure and restore her family to what it once was. She appears to have loved her elder son more and because of the suicide attempt, has now grown cold toward Conrad. She is determined to maintain the appearance of perfection and normalcy. When Conrad was in the hospital, Beth never went to see him for the four

This caused her to lack the emotion her son needed when grieving. She stopped having the two basic emotions, love and fear. Even though she continuously overlooked emotions as a whole, the main reason was fear. So, even when we think we escaped emotions, fear and love still exist as the root emotions. Calvin, on the other hand, tried many times throughout the film to reach out to Conrad, and fill the void he needed to fill. Calvin also tried to keep the family’s spirits high, even though in many cases, he failed. Beth and Calvin had many unreasonable fights over reasons that weren’t important. If either one of them would have stepped out of the conversation, evaluated it, then gathered emotional safety, it would not have been an argument. Conrad’s choice to see Dr.Burger was a wise decision which brought a breakthrough with his relationship between him and his dad. Conrad’s fight with his mother during Christmas time was a great example of how bad the family was really broken. In this scene, the whole family used either fight, flight, or both. Beth came rushing through the doorway into the living room, livid.

After his brother’s death, Conrad needed his mother to love him; he needed to feel that she loved him. She, however, remained cold, and did not show him the love that he so desperately needed. She seemed almost disinterested when he told her of things that he was doing or had done in school. Con saw this as her not loving him at all, and distanced himself from her. This only led to more tension between them, and as a result, more

The relationship between Calvin and his wife Beth is also extremely strained. Calvin, a kind and loving father and husband, spends a large part of the film playing the role of referee between Conrad and his mother. Calvin tries so desperately to mend their relationship but Beth makes it very clear that she is unable and unwilling to forgive Conrad and refuses to talk about it. It is no secret that Calvin cares vary deeply for both his wife and his son however, Beth's cold and emotionless attitude and behavior begins to change his feelings about their marriage and the love he once had for his wife. Beth's refusal and or inability to express any emotions/feelings makes her unapproachable and to some

Yet, it shows a huge disparity in mindset in the drama, this of which allowing the story to regenerate its plot and suspenseful setting. As a final point, irony in this situation is showing an antithetical way of humor and

He goes through many situations throughout the movie. He is the main protagonist of the movie. He had been in a boating accident with his brother, Buck, who had died. In the beginning of the movie, he is trying to get his life back on track, but he feels little purpose in life and has no motivation. He then begins to see a doctor, Dr. Berger, to help him recover from the traumatic experiences he went through. He has many violence/silence scenes in the movie. For example, he says “ I can’t talk to you dad, everything’s jello and pudding to you.” This displays that Conrad can’t trust his dad with his problems, and he believes his dad does not always listen to everything he says. He needed emotional safety throughout the whole movie, but could not find someone to trust. This shows that he is silent sometimes because he does not have anyone to talk out his problems

Conrad avoids conflict whenever possible, except with his mother. Conrad and his mother confide in their avoidance of each other and the sensitive topics that come about when they speak, which leads to judgement towards each other and boils up to conversations where emotions take a lead and feelings of blame and guilt prevail. During one conversation, towards the end of the movie, Conrad finally expresses emotions towards his mother. However, these emotions are more hostile and ends with Conrad withdrawing to his room and Beth angry and avoiding talking to Calvin in the living room. Since Conrad had yelled at his father, telling him to give the camera to his mother, Beth felt attacked by the comment. While in his bedroom, Calvin comes in to talk to Conrad, this is where Conrad expressed his feeling that Beth hated him. If Beth had expressed her real intentions, and had created safety for Conrad, he wouldn’t have felt as if she hated him. When Beth and Conrad speak to each other, they both needed to use calm voices instead of yelling, and reassure confidence within their relationship to help clarify any chances of

He set Conrad up with Dr. Berger for therapy, and constantly checked up on him. He knew that Beth was not giving Conrad the attention he may have needed after the incident, as she simply couldn’t forgive him for what he did. The way Calvin saw it, Conrad was his child and needed help. Calvin felt he was doing the right thing, but he couldn’t help but feel sadness every time he checked on Conrad, only to receive short answers. Many parents in the world feel a similar feeling as Calvin when this happens to them. However, it is important to consider Conrad’s side. If Calvin was constantly asking him if he was okay, and he wasn’t, he naturally would feel like he was not doing well enough for his father. Conrad was now not only struggling with a loss, but he now suffered from depression, which is a full package of doubt, anxiety, and apathy. The last thing Conrad needed if he wanted to improve was someone making him feel like he wasn’t accomplishing anything.

The movie, Ordinary People, was about how each character was uniquely affected by the death of their brother/son. Conrad, was the brother’s brother and son. He suffered from a guilty conscience. Their mother, Beth, was a kind and loving mother who coped with her son’s death through denial. Finally, their father, Calvin reacted in a healthy manner of mourning and attempted to help those around him. This tragedy shifted the relationships and the course of life for each character.

After his episodes, his guilt causes him to push others away. For example, he beats up Stillman after being provoked. After, Lazenby, a good friend, checks up on Conrad and tries to talk to him. However, because Lazenby was also good friends with Buck, Conrad’s dead brother, Conrad cannot stand to be around Lazenby because “it hurts too much to be around [him].” Lazenby becomes a constant reminder of Buck’s death, which is why Conrad pushes his good friend away. Conrad’s anger continues when his mother discovers he has quit the swim team. After Conrad lashes out at his mother, his father desperately begs Conrad to confide in him. Again, Conrad pushes his father away, telling him to leave even though his father genuinely wants to help. Similarly, Conrad seethes with anger on the drive home after a date with Jeannine, a classmate, because she laughed at the drunks who disrupted their date. Jeannine attempts conversation, but Conrad replies curtly, which in turn disheartens Jeannine to eventually stop talking. Conrad’s consistent outbursts of anger stem from holding in his feelings from his brother’s death for far too long. Like Holden, Conrad’s emotional trauma causes him to push others away, ruining their efforts to connect with people and further complicating their efforts to recover. However, unlike Holden, Conrad recognizes his problem and desires to get