Bumpy Ceiling Quotes With Page Numbers

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The scene in the book that was very emotional is in chapter 12, the emotion I chose was anger. Natalie tells Augusten about her being mentally and physically abused by her father’s former patient who she lived with at the age of 13 and the patient was 41 years old. She then begins to tell her story about how she missed her former lover Terrance. Augusten talks about how the kitchen ceiling is too low and it is crushing he and Natalie. What Augusten and Natalie are referring to, is how their lives are crushing them. Terrance was Natalie’s previous guardian/ lover, they both fell for each other within a week, but later Natalie started getting abused. She began to talk about how much she missed him, even though she knew it wasn’t right to miss …show more content…

First, ill begin with what caused her to want put a hole in ceiling? She begins with a dark memory that happened her life, but then turns to out to a positive memory of hers. Why would Natalie believe someone hurt her loved her, or that she loved that person for hurting her? It seems as though it is easier to love someone then not love anyone at all. The bumpy ceiling signifies all the things that has happened in her life, which causes Augusten to so say I really hate the ceiling. Then she catches on and says, I hate the ceiling too. The validation and support she has from Auguesten is there, what ever she goes through, he will be there for her. In order to have a fresh new start, they knock out the ceiling in silence, they do not speak to each other.
They both used a mindfulness activity to just be in the moment with each other, it was time to get rid of those bumps, and cellulite grooves out of their lives. The items they used were different each time they try to knock it down. The way that they took down the ceiling shows the frustration and anger that was taken out on the ceiling. Using items like rocks and skillets to tear down that ceiling. At this point Natalie is experiencing anger, the anger of being sent away to a man she barely even knew. After the whole ceiling is down, Natalie says how it felt good to just bring down the …show more content…

I remember a time where I thought about my ex boyfriend, and I thought about all the things that I missed. It made me feel many emotions, and the emotion that I always felt was anger toward him. After we broke up, we did not talk to each other for 8 months, he completely ignored me. That really made me angry because we talked to each other everyday for two years. The way that I dealt with my angry was by, holding a lot of it in, but when I was by myself at night most of the frustration would come out. I remember punching a wall, or I would confide into other guys in a very unhealthy way. My anger last very long because I was unable to have any type of closure, so my mind would just wonder with assumptions, and it lead me to get