Ordinary People: Beth & Calvin Analysis

Ordinary People In the movie Ordinary People, Conrad Jarrett is a very unstable teenager whose parents seem to be living in an almost artificial relationship. However, I believe that it is very common for husbands and wives to live like that. Some might get divorced or some might stay together ignoring their problems and running away from them. Whatever the situation, it is unfortunate that many relationships are like that and some even worse. In …showed first 75 words of 505 total…

…showed last 75 words of 505 total…help. In order for a relationship to work, there needs to be love and forgiveness. Both need to be present because without one the other wont work. Beth in particularly can't forgive which results in her not loving her son and husband. Parents owe it to their children to raise them the best they can with love and forgiveness because when those children become parents and have kids, they will do the same with them.