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This 5 page paper discusses the effect of childhood abuse can affect the adult survivor as evidence in the book, The Prince of Tides. The Wingo children are shown as examples of how adults cope in varied ways to the abuses as children. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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It is estimated that two out of ten children suffer abuse by the time they reach eighteen years of age(Boulware, 2002). Of course, this has to be
considered to be a conservative figure, since a good deal of the time this crime is not reported, or, in the case of many children, is repressed and not remembered.
This is the case of the Wingo children, Tom and Savannah in Pat Conroys novel, Prince of Tides. At the opening of the novel it becomes clear that Tom
Wingo is having some sort of emotional or mental crises. This is brought on by the fact that he has lost his job, his marriage is on the rocks, and
by all observations, he is an alcoholic. Just to prove that he doesnt have the corner on a bad life, he receives a call from New York that his twin
sister, Savannah, has tried to commit suicide. Savannahs doctor, Susan, agrees to meet with Tom when he arrives in New York the next day or so. Susan asks
Tom if he can think of any reason that Savannah would want to kill herself. Reluctantly, Tom tells her of their traumatic childhood, which included rapes, beatings and terrible psychological
abuses by their parents. As the book turns to the use of flashback, the reader sees three children, and it becomes clear that their only source of comfort is each
other. Whenever their parents are fighting, the three children used to have a ritual where they would all go into the water and hold hands while submerged. However, as adults,
they have drifted their own ways. Toms oldest brother has passed away, leaving only Tom and Savannah to make their way alone, and without the ability to comfort themselves.
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