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Thursday, 16 April 2015

When Frustrations Begin - Atonement

            After a long day at school, constant nagging from parents, frustration with homework, and problems at work, one can very well become frustrated. It may not always be to a specific person, it could just be in general, and there may not always be a way to vent it out. While coming to school may seem as if it is not that hard, the amount of stress one undergoes is tremendous. Lessons, group work, and assignments all pile up and cause frustration when they cannot be done all at once. Not to mention peers who do not do their part, as well as teachers who don't explain things using your learning style. Not knowing what is happening can often cause a person to become frustrated, which may occur regularly.
            Frustration is when you feel disappointed, or dissatisfied with something. In my ISU book, the protagonist, Briony, is disappointed with the way The Trials of Arabella; her play that she was putting on for her elder brother, Leon, was coming together. The fact that her cousins could not understand her vision of the play was setting her off, and making her want to say something. However, as she pitied them over the separation of their parents, she did not want to make them feel any worse than they already did. Her mother, who suffered from massive migraines, nagged her despite her tremors that rolled through her skull. While Briony was on summer vacation throughout the first part of the book, one could tell that her cousins were upsetting her more than what was necessary. Briony eventually gave up on putting on her play, and ran to a meadow that she had once found on the outskirts of Tallis' property. While Briony chooses to find a peaceful place to calm down, other people may have a different approach to coping with frustration. While one person may take a jog, another might take a deep breath and continue on. Everyone copes with frustration in different ways, but it is important to know what triggers frustration, and what one can do to help.

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