traumatizing
The words and actions of a child’s parents can impact the way a child chooses to live his or her life. In Richard’s case, his mother’s abandonment causes him to become a neglected little boy who leads a generally unhappy life. Throughout the movie, many of us exclaimed “this kid is going to be traumatized” after we watched him witness his married mother kiss his neighbor and as we watched his mother drop him off before she decided to stay at the hotel. In the end, it was Laura’s final decision of leaving that makes us wonder if she hadn’t abandoned him, would he have turned out normal? Was it her leaving that left his traumatized or was it all of her actions?
We also get to watch Richard’s father tell him that his motivation to stay alive during the war was because he wanted to return home and wed his mother. Richard takes after his father and lives for the same reason. He tells Clarissa he only stays alive because of her. Like his father, he associates love with life. Love is the only reason to live. Live for the people you love. In this aspect, he is unlike his mother because although she too chooses life, she also chooses her own happiness over her family in order to achieve a life worth living.
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this traumatied me |
I like this. The picture was a great touch. Muy bien kathie
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