What I found most interesting of all is the correlation between the dynamics of a family suffering from alcoholism and the Binewski family's dynamics.
We have talked alot in class about dependency and control. Everyone in the Binewski family is unhealthily dependent on each other in many ways. The most obvious way is the love/hate controlling relationships. Specificially between Arty and Ollie, the control & love/hate relationship is quite apparent.
In the past I have researched quite a bit about the dynamics within a family affected by alcoholism, and the similiarities in regards to control and the love/hate relationship are astounding. I found that the more I read Geek Love, the more I can understand their characters. They are dysfunctional human beings, with battered self esteem and a confused self worth. Many dysfunctional families, such as the Binewskies, have so many reoccurring instances and symptoms in regards to control, low-self esteem, feelings of being different, etcetera.
The Binewski family is not special. Minus their physical deformities, many of the underlying feelings throughout the text involve the same feelings that can be linked to other dysfunctional families which are suffering from Codependency.
-Ruth O'Mahony
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