Lily's Thesis Interests


  1. Psychology: mental illness, gender roles in mental illness (how doctors treat males vs. females), history of mental illness
  2. Feeling trapped/imprisoned/prison: prison culture, actual or mental imprisonment
The Bell Jar
One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2018 at 12:22 PM

    If you want a suggestion for another book, I would suggest John Green's new book Turtle's All the Way down. I know I mentioned it to you, but I ended up finishing it on Monday. I think it would really play into the feeling of being trapped as it's told from the protagonists point of view and it's about her and her struggles with anxiety and how it inhibits her from doing things in her life.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2018 at 5:09 PM

    If you want to use a television show you could use "Thirteen Reasons Why" which is about untreated depression resulting in suicide. It could help you with the day to day emotions of those dealing with depression.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2018 at 9:37 PM

    I really like your second idea with the motif of isolation and second Chiara's suggestion-- John Green's writing would definitely mesh with the themes you're addressing.

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