Conrad Jarrett's Relationship With His Family In Ordinary People

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In the film “Ordinary People” the main character Conrad Jarrett has an odd and disconnected relationship with his family. It all starts after his older brother dies in a boating accident. Conrad feels major guilt for his brother’s death since he is still alive. With the guilt and lack of emotion from his parents Conrad tried to take his own life and ended up in a mental hospital. The movie opens up after all of these events happened and it shows Conrad back at home for the first time. Immediately there is tension between the now family of three when Conrad comes to the breakfast table. His mother Beth, made his favorite breakfast of french toast but yet Conrad was not in the mood to eat. Beth grabbed his plate and threw the food into the garbage

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