Cradled in Memory: Family Dynamics and the Making of the Self in Three Weeks with My Brother

Author(s): Dr. Bindu Ann Philip and Amritha Lakshmi

Abstract:

Family is a garden through which an individual grows and blooms. Various elements in family like parenting and parental attitudes enhance the psychological and personal growth of children in the family. The interaction between children and parents regulates interpersonal interactions of the children in the family. Human beings have the tendency to often imitate and are easily influenced by the environment in which he/she grows. The familial relations are of greater importance as a child tends to show the qualities and values imbibed from the parents. There is a shift from a joint family system to a nuclear family, where children grew up only seeing their parents and thus craving more attention and care from parents. In the present day, there is a change in behavior of children, where their ability to adjust and tolerate situations has become low compared to the earlier generation. There is an increase in the number of children taking refuge in various addictions like drugs, alcoholism etc. These addictions are found to be an escapism for children from the situations which they are unable to cope up with. This paper attempts to examine how family plays an important role in shaping the psychological and personal growth of children with reference to the work ‘Three Weeks with My Brother’ by Nicholas Sparks and Micah Sparks. The paper also analyzes how memory plays a prominent role in the personal growth of an individual.

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