Susannas 1 and a half years living arrangement with McLean is coming to an end. She is trying to figure out what to do when she is out. She becomes offended when her social woker tries to force her to become a dental assistant. Susanna doesn't want to be pressured into her future. She is also offended because Susanna tells her that she wants to e a writer and the social workercalls it a "nice hobby" (133). Susanna is let out of the hospital in 1968, at the age of 19 because she receives a marriage proprosal. Susanna meets her future husband at a play aorund Christmas time in Cambridge. Their relationship is not a romantic one and Susanna and him ultimately break up. Susanna says that "[She] wanted to be going on alone to [her] future" (136). Susanna gives a description of how a sane mind ans a psychotic one work differently. She describes how a psychopath would see a tiger rather than a bureau in a room. She discusses how analysts are writing about the mind while neuroscientists write about the brain. Susanna gives an excerpt from the DSM III that talks about Borderline Personality Disorder and what its symptoms, effects, and patterns are.
1. How well will Susanna do once she is out of McLean?
2. Why is Susanna so offended when the social worker tells her to be a dental assistant?
3. Does the description of Borderline Personality Disorder fit the description of Susannas issues?
1) Susanna will do much bettter than the other girls, but she will also suffer due to the time lapse and he effects.
ReplyDelete2) She tells her she wants to be a writer, and the dentist calls it a hobby instead of a carreer.
3) Most of the symptoms and effects do fit the description susannas issues
-kristina
1. Susanna will do very well. She will get married, have a child, and write a book.
ReplyDelete2. This offens Suanna because she told the worker she wanted to be a writer. Also, she hates the dentist.
3. Yes, very much so.
-Alex
1. Susanna will do well because she completely understands whats wrong with her. She had been in the hospital for a year and knew how to go out and live her life.
ReplyDelete2. Susanna is offended because she really wanted to be a writer.
3. Yes, she expresses her unstability and reckless behavior.