Vivid Imagery In Nurse Ratched

She manipulates and flatters men by telling them “Only you, only you can.” She tricks the men by telling them only they can free her from her boredom.

The family entered into therapy by believing that Claudia was their entire problem and that her actions alone were the root of their problem. As noted before, she was just the perceived problem. And in order for the parents to see that Claudia was only the perceived problem the therapists reversed the blame that the parents had projected on to their daughter. I believe this technique was most striking. Through the art of helping the family to view their situation differently, the therapists initiated change allowing the family to step outside their norm and see that their failure in marriage was affecting their parenting abilities. The therapists then gave Claudia meaning in reducing her feeling of failure and at the same time proposed the more serious problem that the parents had slowly began drifting away from each other.

Instead of acting in ways to better themselves, these women look for ways to harm or help men, making them reactors rather than actors. For example, the Lady in Red uses a seductive appearance to sleep with random men and rejects them the following morning in order to

One of the main issues here is that the therapist let is values or opinions to influence Cynthia on decision making. He did not allow time for her to think on her own. The second one is that her husband threat to divorce her if she return to school.

During the second session, the family was provided individual opportunities to relate his or her perceptions of the struggles in the family. Using Claudia as the identified patient, the family related struggles directly associated with Claudia’s behavior (Nichols, 2013, p. 15). Whitaker (1978) conceptualized the issues in a different perspective stating, “sounds like Claudia is in charge of getting Mom and Dad to start fighting, and you and Laura are in charge of helping them stop” (p. 11). Whitaker also indicated the parallels involving Carolyn’s anger at Claudia for hiding in her room and David’s propensity to hide in his study (p. 11). Using the unconscious frame of reference from session one, another conceptualization that was presented was that of Don’s willingness to talk as the reason that the family had not wanted to bring him to the first session (p. 12).

She wanted to be a role model for her children and at the same time, she wanted to become friend with them. Helen valued education, and she wanted Julie to go to college and have a successful life. However, after she found out that Julie had secretly being together with Tod, the poor, unambitious man. She was disappointed, betrayed, sad. Julie moved out of Helen’s home. Later, when Helen found out that Julie and her husband Tod had nowhere to live, she let them move in with her. She is a permissive parent, yet, she cares about her children, provides them as much support as she can. Helen stayed calm when Gary told her he wanted to live with his dad for a while. I can see her heart was bleeding when she heard her son’s words. She gave Gary his father’s phone number anyway, and Gary talked to his dad over the phone and figured out the cruel fact that his dad didn’t care for them anymore. Helen wanted to comfort Gary but he refused to talk. I felt Helen’s guilt and desperation at that moment. After she broke into Gary’s room and found out that Gary was carrying the bag that contains pornography, she immediately asked Tod’s help to talk to Gary. She had a chance to talk to Tod and had learned that Tod came from a broken family. She had a better idea of who Tod was and his help to Gary gained Helen’s respect. Helen supported Tod and helped her daughter Julie overcame the tough situation in marriage. Helen

Answer: The miseries being discussed in this chapter entail only living for today and not having any goals. These women feel like their efforts will not be rewarded and that’s how they become complacent. Dalrymple touches the harsh subject of physical abuse and how it effects the women’s mind. When he’s talking to his female patient she realizes the inability of her questioning her significant others reasoning. So I think it opens up a realm of questions on how abuse can not only hurt a woman’s confidence but also make her lose a sense of self.

In this story, it fascinated me when it made reference about the therapist needing to be transferable to the mother or father role in the family regardless of the therapist’s sex. In this case the clients are the traditional mother and father with two male co-therapists. Whitaker was seen taking on the maternal role when addressing Carolyn’s childhood and current issues with her mother while Napier observed the conversation. This was a great part of the book which portrayed isomorphism. This idea of being able to stay neutral as well as to identify with the role of mother or father adds another layer of complexity to help guide the context of the situation.

Walter Mitty for example hates his life and constantly is trying to escape from his wife and other responsibilities. Mitty knew his wife would want to wait for her in the hotel lobby so he took a seat in a leather chair and started to daydream when suddenly he was snapped out of it by his wife. “Something struck his shoulder. I’ve been looking all over this hotel for you, said Mrs. Mitty. Why do you have to hide in this old chair? How did you expect me to find you” (Thurber 4). Here the reader can see not only how Mitty never gets time to be alone but also how his wife believes the world revolves around her. She makes herself seem like such a big deal that Mitty feels worthless. So, he daydreams that he is more masculine, brave, and adventurous. The only time Mitty seems at peace is when he is daydreaming and he is always interrupted by his needy wife. Laura in, The Glass Menagerie, is very similar to Mitty in this way. Laura loves her glass collection more than anything and only wants to spend time with it. As strange as that hobby is her brother Tom respects and understands her privacy unlike her mother Amanda. Amanda makes Laura do things that make her uncomfortable and never stops judging her. Amanda ordered Tom to bring home a gentleman caller for Laura in hope that she would get a husband. She doesn’t care that Laura prefers to be alone and is only thinking of herself because if Laura doesn’t get a husband that means Laura is Amanda’s responsibility. While preparing for the gentleman caller to arrive Amanda is helping Laura get ready. “Amanda puts two powder puffs into Laura’s bosom. Laura says to her mother, Mother what are you doing? Amanda says, They call them Gay Deceivers! Laura refuses by saying, I won’t wear them! Amanda responds with, You will!

Topic: How is Nurse Ratched’s ward like a totalitarian society? In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Nurse Ratched is like the headmaster of the ward that McMurphy was placed in. She is the boss, meaning that everyone has to listen to her otherwise they will be punished. It is best to stay on Nurse Ratched’s good side, if that even exists, otherwise she will be the worst person you have ever met.

In Kesey’s 1950s novel ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest’ Nurse Ratched’s relationship with male patients is based upon differences they hold about gender and identity. Nurse Ratched is portrayed as a masculine misandrist figure that gains power from emasculation. She carries “no compact or lipstick or woman stuff, she’s got that bag full of a thousand parts she aims to use in her duties” . This implies nothing womanly about her as she prioritises her “duties”, suggesting that she aims to control her male patients by ridding her feminine qualities. In addition, she is shown in robotic with a chilling aura. This is evident when she slid “through the door with a gust of cold and locks the door behind her” . This indicates that as a power figure her only concern is controlling her male patients, making sure they are obedient and abiding by her rules. “Gust of cold” implies that by doing so she wholly ruins her relationship with the males due to her “cold” and callous methods. Daniel J. Vitkus states she is “the Big Nurse, an evil mother who wishes to keep and control her little boys (the men on the ward) under her system of mechanical surveillance and mind control.” Yet, can be argued that she is fulfilling her role of working as a Nurse within a mental institution. However Vitkus’s critique is similar to when McMurphy says “Mother Ratched, a ball-cutter?” McMurphy is a hyper masculine force against Ratched’s emasculating norms. Their relationship is essentially a power

Overall, in The Treatment Suzanne Young supports the theme, get the readers predicting, builds suspense, and stirs empathy, using flashbacks, different tones, and including specific events in the book where the reader has more knowledge than the main character in the book. This can connect to our lives because this can get us inspired, or can get our ideas flowing, onto how we can apply different authors craft moves in our own

Her husband seems to be aware of this and plays a deceptive role with her and himself. Deception is also a major theme, along with struggle and decline.

The psycho woman yelling for someone who is no longer associated with them, it’s something you’d almost see in a film. A recurring idea is brought up and it continues to lead to one thing,

Izzy as the mediator is the young lady who overcame and conquers her issue with eating disorder and cutting