Ordinary People Essay By: Melissa In the novel, Ordinary People, written by Judith Guest, Calvin Jarrett is better off as an individual. During the novel, Cal makes very drastic changes, in his own time. One of them is in chapter 17, when he and Conrad are cleaning out the garage and he asks him about Dr. Berger. Another time is in chapter 23, when he is sitting in his car having a reflexive period. The last one …showed first 75 words of 973 total…

…showed last 75 words of 973 total…he is off by himself as an individual. He has not noticed the problems as a parent or a husband. As evident in this book Cal Jarrett is better off as an individual; when he needs to solve his problems. As we have noticed during the book Cal has many reflexive periods. When he is by himself that is normally when he notices that there are problems in existence in his and his families life.