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Ordinary People 1. Conrad Jarret is teenage boy and high school student who had experienced the unfortunate tragedy of witnessing his brother Buck’s drowning in the ocean. This ingredient alone affected Conrad into attempting suicide by cutting his wrists. He felt guilty and expressed to his psychiatrist, Dr. Berger that he felt his only mistake he made was that he held onto the boat during the storm, instead of searching for his brother. 2. Conrad’s family, especially his mother, Beth, didn’t help or ease the pain Conrad was feeling during this tragic time. Beth, who seemed to be a determined perfectionist, is constantly concerned with the way people view her and her family. She wishes for everyone to see them as “normal.” At a party her and her husband attended, she got extremely upset that her husband, Calvin, mentioned to another friend that Conrad has been seeing a psychiatrist for help. She seems to have buried her love with Buck, therefore disregarding Conrad because she no longer understands how to love. She can only see things in terms of how they affect her and also feel that everyone thinks in this way, but she is more candid. This deficiency of love and favoritism towards his deceased brother, eas