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TRAUMA - perks - Coggle Diagram
TRAUMA - perks
isolation
at the beginning of the novel when Charlie knew he didn't want to date her - though he wouldn't say no - he just wanted a friend and to not be alone again since losing Michael.
Charlie’s initial difficulty with intimacy is from growing up in a household in which expressing affection was taboo, as well as from his childhood molestation by his aunt; however, he does develop and learn to overcome his awkwardness towards intimacy.
addresses the significance of inclusivity. ‘Inclusivity’ in itself is an issue of great importance to each single individual alive in the world. however we regularly overlook it and most significantly, we entirely neglect to bear in mind it. Every person desires to be included – more than a need, it’s a want due to the fact that’s our fundamental human nature.
physical abuse
one of the first physical conflicts in this novel is when Charlie's dad hits him for the first time in the first letter Charlie writes, this gives the impression of the father not being emotionally mature and how it affects charlie's brother as well when Charlie's best friend died and Chris tells Charles to "get it out of my system before dad came home"
in the second letter Charlie says how he was in a fight with another child called Sean who was bigger then Charlie but seemed unhappy which Charlie told him so which ,de him mad and start hitting him, Charlie then follows his brothers advice which was "go for the knees, throat, and eyes" → Charlie is defended by another child saying what he did was self defence → which is a parallel because when Charlie fights for one of his friends Patrick who was being beaten up by his ex and he fights the guys and wins and says "i'll blind you" → "I could have hurt him a lot worse. And maybe I should have"
Charlie's dad was abused as a child and refuses to hit his own family but he's still aggressive and stern and emotionally stifled. (Alexithymia - an individual has difficulty identifying, describing, and expressing emotions.)
gender roles
manifests the social pressures that men face in American society and the discrimination that sexual minority groups face as well. Patrick was very open about his sexual orientation; however Brad, was not for a long time.
gender role socialisation - Patrick dresses as a woman in late-night drag shows, and he enjoys to dress up in these shows as a way of expressing his gender nonconformity
In the patriarchal society of Pittsburgh women are displayed as worthless and intimidated people. This inferiority is so pungent that women allow men to scare and abuse them. Candace was physically abused by her boyfriend, “Ponytail Derek”. It is repugnant how Candace felt as her gender did not have enough social recognition to fight back. “He wound up and hit her hard across the face […] the weird part is [Candace] did not do anything […] She [told Charlie] that they were ‘going out’ and not to tell [their parents] what had happened”[. Men have a subconscious belief that they are superior to women; in this text it is troubling that Candace does not condemn Derek’s actions. She chose to keep quiet, displaying how powerless women were in that society. She felt as if Derek’s wrongdoing was natural.
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homosexuality
Brad's father did not want a homosexual son and emotionally and physically abused him - shown through how brad could only be intimate with Patrick when drunk and when they were found together he was beaten by him.
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