Girl, Interrupted Girl, Interrupted is an autobiographical book written by Susana Kaysen which was turned in to a movie. Susana Kaysen expressed promiscuous behavior earlier in her life and was sent to the Claymore Mental Hospital to be analyzed. Throughout her development at Claymore, Susana formed bonds with a group of girls she would have never met until she was sent to Claymore. Claymore Hospital allowed these girls to become so close, and without this experience Susana would not be the girl she has turned out to be. These girls had a special friendship that caused each and every one of them to pull together and make it through there time spent at Claymore. (Wikipedia 2) Each girl at Claymore has their problems, and most of their problems are very different from the next patient. This makes the atmosphere of Claymore a very strange and unpredictable place. The nurses and doctors at Claymore are very nice and attentive of all the patients. One nurse in particular plays a major role in the movie, Val who becomes quite close with a few of the girls. She always makes sure the girls have what they need to make them feel more comfortable in the hospital. The group of girls Susana becomes closest to consists of Lisa, "the rebellious one," Daisy, "the daddy's little girl," and Torch "the follower". Each girl contributes something special and unique to their friendships. While Lisa is always acting out, then running away and coming back she is still looked at as the "ring leader" of the group. All of the girls look up to Lisa; they ask her for guidance because she has attended Claymore the longest. Torch was admitted into Claymore because when she was eight years old she decided she wanted to catch herself on fire. She suffered major burns which caused her to be considered an outcast and she started to withdraw from society. While she attended Claymore she became a follower of all the girls, always following their examples, believing anything they had to say, doing anything the other girls asked her to do. Daisy is "daddy's little girl", always gets her way in every situation and if she doesn't she throws a fit. Daisy is in Claymore because of an eating disorder as well as obsessive compulsive behaviors. Her father makes sure that Daisy is treated "special".
However, these thoughts are not always true all the time. Sometimes Hollywood makes films to show the audience the truth contained in the movie. In the movie “Girl, Interrupted,” the filmmakers have balanced the grim realism of the book with audience-pleasing elements of entertainment in order to make the film more comfortable. The graphic representation of mental illness makes audiences feel its realities, while the use of attractive actresses captures the attention of the audiences and makes it easier to relate to the story.
Susan is the youngest of four children, of which only she and her older brother, John, were the only to survive. It is believed that her father, Clark, is responsible for his first two children’s deaths. John was also severely physically abused by Clark and was often given notes to excuse him from gym at school. John and Susan had limited interactions together and John was beaten when he tried to give her food. At the age of eighteen, John ran away to escape his father’s callous abuse, thus leaving Susan to endure
Hannah husband died and so she allows herself to be use as a sex object by other men. “Sula came home from school and found her mother in bed curled spoon in the arm of a man.” pg.44 Sula had no male figure in her life so she turned to Nel who gave her the closeness she been searching for. Sula shape her identity in that she was determine to prove her point when put in a situation that questioned her character. “She slashed off only the tip of her finger. The four boys stared open mouthed at the at the wounded and the scrap of flesh, like a button mushroom, curling in the cherry blood that ran into the corners of the slate." Pg. 54 Sula choose the path of exploration when she left the Bottom after Nel’s wedding, her experience was of trying to discover herself. Sula’s return to medallion brought about hatred towards her by the town people because Sula had changed. She would sleep with the men in the town and discard them. She also put Eva in a nursing home because she said Eva was mean to her and that she was scared of Eva burning her like she did Plum. The town people despised Sula for her action. They even when as for as accusing her of pushing Teapot down the steps when in truth he fell down the steps and Sula was only trying to help. She didn’t care what they say about her because she didn’t have conversations with the town people with the exception of Nel upon till their
Lily's ambivalent feelings toward Mrs. Ramsay make her life creased and conflicted: "Lily feels forced to choose between rejecting the beloved mothering figure or becoming again a panicky, dependent child whose poor self-image undermines her ability to have a vision of her own" (Caramagno 253). She tends toward the position as dependent child because it brings permanence, but she vacillat...
n the book, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Liesel Meminger, a nine year old girl arrives at the home of her new foster parents Hans and Rosa Hubermann. Rosa is not the type of mom that Liesel would have liked to have but Hans is almost a perfect fit for her. When Hans learns that Liesel is unable to read. He teaches her the language and she catches on quickly. Liesel grows up to love books finding one in particular left in the snow on accident at her brothers funeral, The Grave Diggers Handbook. When Liesel’s family pays a friend back who once saved Hans’ life. They hide him in their basement and give him shelter. This makes them realize they have to be more and more cautious as they live their lives. Now that Liesel can read and write she
Life at Lowood is extremely harsh, the pupils are very often given inedible meals, horrific clothing, and extremely cold conditions. It is through miss Temple and Helen that Jane receives her first taste of love and acceptance.
nurse was the one who was telling Romeo about these things because she always treated Juliet as
Sanity is subjective. Every individual is insane to another; however it is the people who possess the greatest self-restraint that prosper in acting “normal”. This is achieved by thrusting the title of insanity onto others who may be unlike oneself, although in reality, are simply non-conforming, as opposed to insane. In Susanna Kaysen’s Girl, Interrupted, this fine line between sanity and insanity is explored to great lengths. Through the unveiling of Susanna’s past, the reasoning behind her commitment to McLean Hospital for the mentally ill, and varying definitions of the diagnosis that Susanna received, it is evident that social non-conformity is often confused with insanity.
Instead of caring for her, they learned from her. In one scene, around four medical students were all touching her stomach at once while trying to learn more about her disease. On the other hand, the nurses are there to care for the paitent. The only one in the film who was ever nice to Vivian was her nurse, Susan Monahan. In order for a hospital to function, there needs to be physicans, nurses, and an administration team. The nurses are there to make sure the patients remain emotionally and physically stable. Susan Monahan simply kept Vivian company. Whenever Vivian was nauseaus or felt overwhelemed with coming to terms with the illness, Susan would make sure to comfort her. She took the time to get to know her personally, and was the first to know that Vivian did not wish to be resisitated when her heart stopped beating. This was a very difficult decision that Vivian had to make, yet it was what she
They gossip about her return bring darkness to the town. The townspeople began interpreting her birthmark as “not a stemmed rose, or a snake, it was Hannah's ashes marking her from the very beginning” (114). Sula’s mother, Hannah, ashes represent her violent death of being burned alive. The representation of Hannah’s ashes highlights the legacy of sleeping around with men she supposedly left for Sula to fulfill. Therefore, in the community’s eyes, Sula is like her mother. Also, the townspeople believe the random accidents that occur in the presence of Sula are her fault. Sula disregards their bitterness and continues to live by her own rules. Not letting their hatred impose her independence, she continues living by her terms; so ironically labeling Sula as evil changed their behaviors. They united “once their personal misfortune was identified, they had leave to protect and love one another” (117). The townspeople commences a world of upright, moral, and sober lives once they saw Sula as malicious. In fact, they were the ones' neglecting and being reckless with their lives before demeaning Sula's birthmark. The townspeople unity in their personal beliefs leads them to demean
She made sure to ask her patients if it was alright that I was in the room while she examined them. I was able to help around the entire clinic, not only observing her but also helping the Medical Assistant with vitals, helping her receptionist with signing people in, and helping her manager with the inventory of vaccines. On Wednesdays we would go to Homestead to a children’s home for children who had crossed the border and took care of all their medical needs, which included vaccinations, nutritional intake, and simple things that we take for granted like clothing and shoes. Dr. Montano was always very attentive of her patients and made sure that every examination was thorough. Even though a lot of the patients I saw were children with colds or infants following up with their shots, once in awhile there were interesting cases that required careful thought. Whenever that happened, she would take me aside after treating the patient and explain the disease or let me read up on it in her office. When she had medical students come and shadow her, we all went into the rooms but I took the role of scribe while the students helped diagnose and
On the second floor, there were doctors, dressed in their white coats, popping in and out of patient’s rooms, whose interior features were nothing more than four dismal walls and artificial machines. Rainbow saw and heard the frantic scenes of death and despair as she passed the rooms with dying patients who had what looked like a loved one crying aloud.
The movie “Girl, Interrupted” is about a young woman named Susanna who attempts suicide and consequently checks in to a mental hospital called Claymore. When she gets there she’s diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. There she meets many people but mainly focuses on Lisa, a proud sociopath, and Daisy, an implied incest victim who seems to have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Susanna leaves Claymore with Lisa to go see Daisy and after Daisy’s suicide she returns to Claymore where she is later released.
The Nurse is caring and loving to Juliet, like every mother should be to their daughter/son. However, in the film, the relationship between the Nurse and Juliet is not like it should have been like in the play. Their relationship, is not like an actual caring for each other, and they do not seem close to each other, like telling each other things and secrets, or helping out each other in their problems. The Nurse just seems like a normal nurse. This makes a huge effects on the audience because it shows the opposite of what the Nurse really is in the play. The people who have never read the play would just probably think that the Nurse is just a servant of the
In conclusion, Girl Interrupted displayed many accurate traits of the psychiatric disorders depicted. Susanna Kaysen’s memoirs provided a strong backbone for a film to show outsiders what life was like inside a psychiatric facility in the 1960’s.