The depression was a social force that she had no control over, and she lived through. She married a man of a different religion, so she experienced a lot of things that she didn't grow up with. She had a constant fear of things that people normally think about but don't obsess over like she did. She lived in and out of the hospital, so that would be a social force that she couldn't control except for when she was healthy enough to choose when she wanted to be in the hospital and not.
Early Ruth
Old Ruth
The Older Ruth changed a lot from the Early Ruth. She had flash backs to her old personality. Once she got older, her original self came out and her family was able to see who she used to be. The person they never got to meet.
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I agree with the points you made about what led to the change in Ruth, but there are a lot of other factors you could have gotten more into: the fact that she loved another man, other than her husband, and yet could not get a divorce because divorce at that time was unthinkable. Also, the fact that she did not get the help she needed when she was diagnosed as mentally ill because she was a housewive, and "not that necessary to the world" (157). When you say "she had a constant fear of things that people normally think about but don't obsess over like she did," you should be more specific about what "things" you are referring to.
You did a good job in describing the earlier Ruth, but you didn't describe the older Ruth. Make sure you go into specifics.
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