In today's society, there has been a standard set to live a normal life. People expect high schoolers to continue on to college, get a high paying job after graduating, then marry and have a family. This normal life is a very high standard for some people, and for them to be expected to do that may lead them to depression or hopelessness. Unintentionally, society has formed the perfect life for someone to live, making others push towards this goal, which they may not be able to achieve. It is important to live your own life, and not give in to what society thinks someone should be. Citizens should live their own lives, and strive to become who, or what they want to be, and not worry about what other people expect of them, or how they should
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Sheff says "But the truth was that I fully expected him to go to college. Of course he would. It was never questioned. I pictured him in a satisfying job, with a loving relationship, and eventually with children of his own."(195) Scheff was convinced that his son would live this normal life that everyone expects people to live out, although this wasn't the case for Nic. Nic knew of the normal life, and how normal kids had parents that were soul mates who stayed together till they died. Because Scheff and his wife divorced, this may have caused Nic to have traumatically exhausting issues, driving him to his addiction. He knew that he wasn't living the normal life people expected him to subsist, people thought that since his parents were divorced, that he had lots of family troubles and that he wasn't normal. Scheff knew since he had a divorce, that Nic would be affected in a negative way most likely, but didn't expect him to cultivate such an dependence on crystal meth. The normal life clouded Scheffs understanding of his sons situation for what it really was. He truly believed that Nic would not steer from this path, even though he had to go through troubles of seeing both of his parents. David was so absorbed on believing his son would live a normal life, that he overlooked the possibility of his son veering off this path, and developing his own. Nic ended up doing just this, causing both himself, and his whole family enormous amounts of psychological pain. Social norms drove Nic to the conclusion that he wasn't living a good life because of his parents' divorce. He never fully developed his own character, because he was too busy thinking of what other people thought of
Sheff says "But the truth was that I fully expected him to go to college. Of course he would. It was never questioned. I pictured him in a satisfying job, with a loving relationship, and eventually with children of his own."(195) Scheff was convinced that his son would live this normal life that everyone expects people to live out, although this wasn't the case for Nic. Nic knew of the normal life, and how normal kids had parents that were soul mates who stayed together till they died. Because Scheff and his wife divorced, this may have caused Nic to have traumatically exhausting issues, driving him to his addiction. He knew that he wasn't living the normal life people expected him to subsist, people thought that since his parents were divorced, that he had lots of family troubles and that he wasn't normal. Scheff knew since he had a divorce, that Nic would be affected in a negative way most likely, but didn't expect him to cultivate such an dependence on crystal meth. The normal life clouded Scheffs understanding of his sons situation for what it really was. He truly believed that Nic would not steer from this path, even though he had to go through troubles of seeing both of his parents. David was so absorbed on believing his son would live a normal life, that he overlooked the possibility of his son veering off this path, and developing his own. Nic ended up doing just this, causing both himself, and his whole family enormous amounts of psychological pain. Social norms drove Nic to the conclusion that he wasn't living a good life because of his parents' divorce. He never fully developed his own character, because he was too busy thinking of what other people thought of