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I disagree with the statement “Avoiding problems is a way of handling them”. My position is clearly supported in the novel Ordinary People, by Judith Guest. Main characters in the novel, Conrad Jarret, his mother Beth, and his father Calvin portray indiffere ....

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.... other women of town and she is very cautious about her appearance to the community. Beth cares more about herself and her social standing then she does about her family. For example, when Calvin and her were getting dressed, she made him change his tie. That stuck in Calvin’s mind as why did it matter what he wore to his son’s funeral. Beth was very loving to Buck, though. She didn’t want anyone to know that there was anything wrong and she would avoid problems at all cost. In this novel, Judith Guest tries to portray the same statement as I. Both Calvin and Conrad represent the correct way to handle the problem at hand. Beth is the cha ....