Dreams- timothy findley

Everett and Mimi are two characters that represent the opposing extremes of psychiatric care. Everett is the removed, colder, and almost unloving character. This is seen in all aspects of his life. Everett is not what an ideal husband should be. He is emotionally separated from Mimi. Many examples of this can be seen in the text: they sleep in separate beds, they agreed never to work together, he turned away from her while changing, he refused to talk about his sleep depravation and was angered when Mimi would stay up with him or ask him about it. Instead of talking about his anger in a healthy manner, he tended to “manifest it in other ways, in silence and withdrawal.” Though the cou

On the other side of the spectrum is Mimi. Mimi though a strong person, is open with her concerns and love. Though the marriage between Mimi and Everett is obviously dysfunctional, she is still open with her care for Everett. She stayed awake with him against his wishes to make sure he was all right. Even after Everett shouts at her, she stays with him in the room at his request. Mimi’s thoughts are often of Everett and his well-being even though Everett doesn’t give thought to his wife’s welfare. She is even compassionate with the dog, happy that “at least he’s getting sleep.” This compassion and love was open in her work as well. Her main patient was a boy named Brian Bassett who she loved dearly. Unlike Everett she was open with this feeling and had no shame that the rest of the doctors knew of it and called her “Bassett’s crazy guardian angel.” Even though her health was in jeopardy and the other doctors “begged her to remove herself” she refused to stop caring for Brian. She held and cared for him as best as she could.

Kenneth and Brian began to appear in Everett and Mimi’s dreams with very different intensions. Kenneth’s presence in Everett’s dreams was morbid and violent. However, Brian’s presence in Mimi’s dreams was peaceful.

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