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Natalie Smith AP Psychology March 6, 2012 The Five Stages of Grief: My Girl Elisabeth Kübler-Ross & David Kessler came up with the five stages of grief, which are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Although grief is individual depending on the person and the situation, these stages help organize the process of grieving. The stages act more as tools than a timeline. The movie My Girl portrays these stages after the death of Thomas J., Vada’s best and only friend. Denial is the first stage. In denial one feels numb and emotionless; the world becomes pointless. One feels overwhelmed and pushed to the limit. The initial reaction to the news is shock. Vada demonstrates denial by isolating herself in her room for…show more content…
She is consumed in the past and in her head she is willing to get stung instead of Thomas J. The next stage is depression. This is the opposite of bargaining, as it deals with the present as opposed to the past. This can be hard a hard stage for people to move on from quickly. Vada demonstrates depression while sitting on the climbing tree her and Thomas J. played at. She sits there and
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