ISU Blog #3

http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/170629-lnlb/

Why I chose this article?

I chose this article because it poses many similarities to my article. In my book there is much depression presented in many ways as well. In the article it describes how depression can be internal and doesn't have to show every single time and can sometimes just happen and no one around will know. It also describes what depressions can lead to and the many outcomes after. It also tells us how men and women deal with depression and you can see some of the signs and signals throughout my book and it enables us to know that the character is depressed or not. The article allows us to learn more deeply about the characters and really understand what is going on within them. How they try to deal with it and much more. It gives the reader a much deeper understanding of what is happening and how the social issue of depression and death can be found throughout. Before reading this article I didn't even understand this social issue even though I knew it was taking place but after reading it I understood all the little articles.

 

How it relates to the social issue?

It relates to one of the social issues in my book, death and depression very well. It connects because various characters in my book are depressed. For example Jace, the main character is dealing with depression in many ways but appears to be happy and enjoying his expensive vacation. Yet on the inside is dying because his brother has just died, he is ignored and unhappy in his family, he's still a virgin and he is sick and tired of caring for his younger brother who has CDD. The article helps us by telling us how he is ignoring his depression but can not shake it off as you have to deal with it to get over it. He was feeling the shame in depression just as the article mentions so he was trying to shake it off by trying to have fun, having sex, it wasn't working. Also Jace's older brother, Stephen was a perfect example of hidden depression. No one even knew why how or when he was depressed but they knew he was after they found his body. Just like the article says, depression is not funny, and people should deal with it as ignoring it just begins to become unbearable. Jace's mother and father are also depressed as they are dealing with the death of their son. They're are many little things mentioned throughout the article such as the signs of depression and as you begin to connect it to the book and you really begin to understand the little details that the author put in and it just makes so much more sense then.



This is a really powerful picture as the book runs very smoothly throughout and everyone seems happy but a dark mood is set and for many characters this is a key quote.