How to use emotion to drive plot changes?

Casey 2022-03-25 09:01:10

The parents came home after watching the comedy, the mother walked straight back to the room, and the father cared about his son.

At breakfast, the son's wobbles made the mother dump her son's breakfast and leave. The father wants his son to invite his friends over to the house to play.

On the way to school, the choir girl won the attention of her son and classmates.

At school, my son is reluctant to participate in multiplayer sports and eats lunch alone.

The son called to make an appointment with a psychiatrist, and was only willing to contact the doctor by himself.

In swimming class, my son is not swimming very fast.

At dinner, the mother wanted her son to pick up the club's game, and the son refused.

At night, my son had nightmares.

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At the psychiatrist, the son wanted to better control himself to see a doctor in order not to worry his father. At the same time, the time to see the doctor conflicts with the time for swimming lessons.

At home, the son and his parents talked about seeing a psychiatrist.

In swimming class, the coach blamed his son for not paying attention in class. Asking about his son's treatment made him lose face in front of his friends.

The school, the son and the girl have good feelings for each other.

At home, the mother wanted to go out for Christmas, and the father did not agree because of the fact that his son's psychological treatment was not over.

In the eldest son's room, the mother cherishes the memory of her deceased, and is bumped into by the younger son. The younger son tried his best to attract his mother's attention with the progress of his grades, but failed.

At a gathering of friends, the mother was dissatisfied with the father telling his friends about the treatment of his son at home, because it was family privacy.

Psychiatrist , my son doesn't want to swim training because there are always people who can swim faster than him. At the same time he began to miss the hospital.

Restaurant, chatting with former nurse Karen, whose son's nostalgia for the hospital makes Karen uncomfortable. Karen wants her son to cheer up.

At home, the mother asked her son to wear a sweater out of concern, but the two broke up again. The mother smiled happily when she received the call, and the son felt that his mother was not happy to communicate with him.

Psychiatrist , the son was troubled by the poor communication between the mother and son, but was unwilling to tell the doctor why.

Swimming, the son quits.

At school, my son deliberately distanced himself from his friends.

Psychiatrist , son did not tell his parents about quitting the swimming team.

At home (midpoint), the mother felt embarrassed to take pictures with her son alone, and wanted to take pictures for others first. The father insisted on photographing the mother and son first, and the two argued, and the son became furious.

At school, the son and the girl talk happily. The son's call to Karen went unanswered.

At home, the mother learned that her son had withdrawn from the swimming team, the two quarreled, and the son refused his father's concern.

Psychiatrist , the son said the mother's limitation: unable to love himself.

The father found a psychiatrist and learned about his son's situation. The father confided that the older son received a lot of love, but we just couldn't treat the younger son with the same love.

The restaurant, the father hopes that the mother can see the psychiatrist together. The mother was reluctant to reveal the family's privacy.

Mall, son and girl dating. But the son was immediately dissatisfied when he saw that girls and strange boys were happier than being with him.

Parents are away on vacation.

The son beat his classmates and refused to accept the help of his former friends.

Going home and calling to learn that Karen committed suicide. The son was full of self-blame, and at the same time remembered the death of his brother and the shadow of his own suicide.

Psychiatrist , the son expressed his inner self-blame, and the doctor helped him get rid of negative emotions.

The son and his girlfriend apologized and reconciled.

The parents are on vacation and are still arguing over the handling of their son's incident.

At home, the son took the initiative to hug the mother.

My father thinks that my mother loves no one but herself.

Mother leaves home.

Father and son reconciliation.

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Ordinary People quotes

  • Conrad "Con" Jarrett: [Berger is pretending to be Buck, Con's older brother] Bucky, I didn't mean it! Bucky, I didn't mean it!

    Dr. Berger: What?

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I said put the sail down, but you said keep it starboard, and then we go over! And you say "Hang on, Hang on!", but then you let go! Why'd you let go?

    Dr. Berger: Because I was tired!

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Oh yeah? Well, screw you, you jerk!

    Dr. Berger: [Back in reality] It hurts to be mad at him, doesn't it?

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: God, I loved him. It's not fair. You just do one wrong thing, and...

    Dr. Berger: And what was the one wrong thing you did? You know. You know.

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I hung on. I stayed with the boat.

    Dr. Berger: Exactly.

  • Jeannine: [In a McDonalds restaurant booth Conrad sits with Jeannine, the suicide attempt scars on Conrad's wrist are displayed] Did it hurt?

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I don't remember, really.

    Jeannine: You don't want to talk about it?

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I've never really talked about it. To doctors. But, not to anyone else. You're the first who's asked.

    Jeannine: Why did you do it?

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Uh... I don't know. It was like... falling into a hole. It keeps getting bigger and bigger and you can't escape. All of a sudden, it's inside... and you're the hole. You're trapped. And it's all over. Something like that. It's not really scary... except when you think back on it. 'Cause you know what you were feeling...