Suasanna is admitted into McLean Hospital after a 20 minute session with her psychiatrist. She is institutionized because she is depressed and suicidal. Susanna discusses what makes a person "insane". Susanna introduces the reader to the girls she is living with. These girls include Polly, Cynthia, Daisey, Lisa, and Georgina. Lisa continuously runs away. She is seen as the leader of the girls. Susanna has a visitor, Jim. He is a former friend of hers and they begin to date. We are also introduced to georginas boyfriend, a fellow inmate named Wade. The is also the first time we see Daisey. Daisey is a depressed aneorexic. She only comes for certain weeks thorughout the year. Susanna talks about her attempted suicide, which involved her swallowing pills and going out in the street.
1. Do you think Susanna needed to be admitted into McLean?
2. What disorder do you think she has?
3. Is it beneficial to the girls living in the hospital to have significant others in or outside of the hospital?
4. Does it seem like Susanna really wanted to kill ehrself? Or was she just reacting to all of her emotions inside?
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ReplyDelete1. I didn't think it was needed until I learned about her trying to commit suicide, so yes I believe it was needed.
ReplyDelete2. I think Susanna has boarderline personallity disorder.
3. I think having significant others would negativily effect them because you can not love someone else without first loving yourself.
4. I think that she didn't really want to kill herself because she ran out into the street for help.
-Alex
1) Susanna needed to be admitted to McLean because she didnt know how to respond to her depressed self and she attempted sucuide.
ReplyDelete2) I thin she is either a sociopath or has borderline personality disorder.
3) I believe it is beneficial for them to have significant others outside the hospital because it helps them to connect back with reality and helps them feel as though they are still normal.
4) I feel as though Susanna was just reacting to all the emotions inside herself.
-Kristina
1. Yes, because she was extremely depressed and attempted suicide. Her thoughts expressed in the book lead me to believe that she definitely needed to be hospitalized.
ReplyDelete2. I think she has depression.
3. It is beneficial because the patients can still feel like they have an ordinary life, rather than feeling isolated in a hospital.
4. Yes, it seemed like Susanna was very unstable and felt worthless.
-Val