Ordinary People: Part 3

Maybe I wasn’t paying that much attention, but now I know that Conrad slit his wrists. This has to be painful, and one would venture to say that he was brave in trying to kill himself. I know for a fact that could not put myself in that much misery. When Conrad get into the fight with the boy from the swim team, I felt good. I felt like he got something off of his chest and he of all people didn’t need any extra baggage to cause more depression in his life.

When Conrad found out that the girl from the hospital Karen had killed herself, I thought for sure he was going to relapse. But he didn’t, which made me feel relieved. This was also a very remarkable moment in Conrad’s life, he had a breakthrough and overcame another hard milestone in his life. Conrad’s conversation with Dr. Burger the night he found out was very weird, because he spoke to Dr. Burger as if he were Buck. It revealed that he was angry with Buck, but couldn’t admit to it. He felt that he did the wrong thing by staying with the boat while Buck couldn’t and died.

I was kind of disappointed with the ending of the movie. The father and mother had an argument and the father revealed that he didn’t know if he still loved his wife. The mother proved her selfishness even further by leaving the father and son. I didn’t necessarily need closure; I just wanted for the mother so badly to have a break through. I wanted her to accept what had happened and love her remaining son as equally as she had loved her deceased son. She didn’t necessarily have to stay with her family but would have been great to see a barrier broken down.