Ordinary People by Judith Guest rite of passage hero

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…which helps him to move forward and become involved with Jeannine, and this also then relates to his emotions through his making of these decisions. He expresses anger, pain, and grief which is something he was never able to do before. His improvements lead to the image of Conrad at the end of the novel as a person who is a more mature as a result of his efforts to change and grow through experience.