Personally I believe that congenial work, with excitement andchange, would do me good.
His husband and brother are both physicians, but they don’t seem to understand psychiatry. I actually think the main character, as a mental patient, knows better how to heal herself.
He didn't bother talking much to them, but around his bent headConnie's mother kept picking at her until Connie wished her mother was dead and sheherself was dead and it was all over.
I'm surprised that Connie and I have the same feeling because of Mom's constant nagging.
mother's tone was approving, and if Connie's name was mentioned it was disapproving.This did not really mean she disliked Connie, and actually Connie thought that hermother preferred her to June just because she was prettier, but the two of them kept up apretense of exasperation, a sense that they were tugging and struggling over something oflittle value to either of them. Sometimes, over coffee, they were almost friends, butsomething would come up—some vexation that was like a fly buzzing suddenly aroundtheir heads—and their faces went hard with contempt.
Initially, Connie clearly expresses that her mom doesn't like her, but in this paragraph, she says her mom prefers her to June, and sometimes they act like friends. However, they seem to pretend to argue. That is interesting to me.
I took a special interest in you, such a pretty girl, and found out all about you—like I know your parents and sister are gone somewheres and I know where and how longthey're going to be gone, and I know who you were with last night, and your best girlfriend's name is Betty. Right?"
In the beginning, I think the boy only knows Connie's name, but in this paragraph, he tells her that he knows where her family goes, how long they will be gone, and even the name of her best friend. It makes me feel uncomfortable.