Monday, May 18, 2009

not the best picture to describe Sybil but it shows multple personalities
Dr. Wilbur helping Sybil at her beach house





At this point you should be about 2/3 of the way through your book. For your fifth blog posting I want you to focus on the people in your main "character's" life. Discuss two influential people in his/her life. This blog should be at least two well-detailed paragraphs long. (One paragraph for each person.) You also need to post two pictures that you think represent these two influential people.




Explanation on why i wrote the names like i did- its from their appearance in the book




The main main character is Sybil. Now Sybil is very hard to discribe, because one, she has many selves. So she really acts like sixteen diferent people. Sybil is not your typical girl. She has mental problems. She has long dark hair. She is the "waking self". She is shy, doesn't open up easily to people, trys to hide her feelings. Pretends to love her mother, even though her mother used to abuse and rape her with a button hook. Now I'm not sure whether or not to discribe Sybil's selves, because it's her, but its other people. So i'll just describe them. The first other selve to come along was Victoria Antoinette Scharleau (Vicky) she came along in 1926. She is an attractive blonde, French, confident, sophisticated, does the shopping, and well a bit flashy in her styles of clothing. She is the memory trace of all of Sybil's selves. The next selve to come was Peggy Lou and Peggy Ann Baldwin they also came along in 1926 as well. Baldwin was the name of Sybil's favorite teacher, and Peggy was the nickname Sybil's mother called her. Peggy Lou is angry, agressive. Has a pug nose, and a Dutch style hari cut. In the picture Vicky drew of the other selves Peggy Lou has a mischievous smile. Peggy Ann is the counterpart to Peggy Lou. Peggy Ann looks similair to Peggy Lou. However Peggy Ann is fearful not angry. Mary Lucinda Saunders Dorsett came alone in the year 1933. She is plump, has dark brown hair that is always parted to the side. She is loving, toughtful, maternal, contempaltive, and a dedicated Catholic, to the point in which it's too much. Like for example She disapproves of Sybil's boyfriend because dating is a sin. In the year 1927 Marcia Lynn however sometimes her last name is changed to Baldwin. She is a writer, and a painter. She has grey eyes, and brown hair, which is parted to the side. Her face is shielded, like her hair covers her face to hide her eyes. She is also extremely emotional. In the year 1935 VAnessa Gail Dorsett comes along. She is very dramatic, and also very attractice She is tall, with red hair, has a willowy figure. She has an oval face and light brown eyes. Mike Dorsett comes along in the year 1928. He is one of Sybil's two male selves. He is a builder and a carpenter (just like his dad). He has olive skin, dark hair, and brown eyes. The same year Sid Dorsett came along (In case you didn't realize is Sybil Isabel Dorset)He is another one of Sybil's two male selves. He is also a carpenter an a general handyman. He has fair skin, dark hair, and blue eyes. Nancy Lou Ann Baldwin doesn't have an exact date on when Dr. Wilbur thought she came along. She is interested in politics as fulfillment of biblical prophecy and inteensly afraid of Roman Catholics. She looks a lot like the Peggys. Sybil Ann Dorsett came along in te 1928. She is listless to the point of neurasthenia. She is pale and timid with ash- blonde hair, and an oval face with a staight nose. Ruthie Dorsett doesn't have a date either. She is a baby, one of the lesser developed selves. Clara Dorsett also doesn't have a date. She intesely relisiou, and hilghly crictical of the waking Sybil. In the year 1929 Helen Dorsett comes along. She is intensely afraid but determinded to acheive fulfillment. She has light brown hair, hazel eyes, a straight nose, and thing lips. Marjorie Dorsett comes along in 1928. She is serene, quick to laugh, very vivacious, likes to tease others, short, with wacy brunette hair. She has fair skin and a pug nose. The last of Sybil's selves is 1946 she doesn't have a name but is referred to as the blonde. She is a teenager that has curly blonde hair and a high voice. And well thats all I know of Sybil and her selves at this point.








Dr. Wilbur she is a psychiatrist. She is trying to help Sybil. She even becomes Sybil's friend and gets involved with the patient, not in like an I love you way but in a I care about you, and nothign is going to happen to you. She was probably one of the only woman psychiatrist where she worked. So I imagine she had a hard time proving it was multiple personality disorder, because it was very rare back then. So I would also say that Dr. Wilbur is determined. I'd also say she is stuborn, patient and understanding. Because she wouldn't change her mind about Sybil. But she was patient with her coping, and breaking windows and glass, and trying to hurt her. she was also patient when Sid one of Sybil's selves was convinced that he could make girls pregnant. She always listens to Sybil and is very observeent. She notices when something is wrong, or she is lying.

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