Ordinary People

Everyday people face the tragedy of losing a loved one. Though in the end they must all come face to face with cold hearted death, none wish to experience it, especially at a young age . We all wish it would never happen, and we all like to imagine ourselves and others as superhuman, invincible. When a death happens and it doesn't directly affect us or our own little community, we are shocked, maybe even for a day but never reflect on it for the rest of our lives. We see death in movies and across the world news , but yet we almost become desensitized to it. No one can imagine death or grasp the concept of death, until death is right in our face staring back at us, sending a cold shiver down our spine. It is then that we begin to feel that coldness of death we never would have thought we would ever have to feel. Some families that have this experience grieve for the rest of their life and stay in a deep, dark, long depression, and still try to make sense of why it happened to them. Others see it as a sad time, but pick themselves up relying on religion to help them in there time of need. Very few seek the help of a psychiatrist, due to the fear of ruining their reputation as a person, or for their family seeking the help of a doctor. Even when we see it happening to another family we feel sorrow but perhaps not as much as we should.
Imagine having what seems to be a perfect life with no worry in the world, not money, or family issues; and right in front of your very eyes you watch the decay of your family, like In the movie "Ordinary People" a family is in turmoil by the loss of their brother, Buck who was the "All Star" of his school and his mothers most cherished son. Each family member wears a mask to hide their true inn...

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...k in his own self cage, in deep thought about his relationship with his wife. He has to do what is right for his son and himself to make this family slowly heal itself and that is to get rid of the major tapeworm inside them all. When Beth walks up stairs from the talk with Calvin she starts packing and nearly falls over like a bag of bricks hit her in the chest. Calvin wakes to see his mom leaving in a taxi and walks down to find his father standing outside, staring at the back yard, pondering what he had to do. Conrad and his dad have a conversation that makes both of them feel more upbeat. In the final shot, Conrad tells his dad he loves him and the tears of sorrow and joy break out leading into a hug. At the end of the movie, it fades out of frame into the nice soothing and touching composure of "Cannon in D" making the movie that much more Heart wrenching.