Concussion

"Louie drank without restraint. One day Cynthia came home to find Louie gripping a squalling Cissy in his hands, shaking her. With a shriek, she pulled the baby away. Appalled at himself, Louie went on bender after bender" (507).In the recent theme of relating this book to movies/TV I saw this quote and instinctively remembered a scene from the movie concussion, which is about the battle a man faces to bring light to the dangers of football head trauma. So naturally the movie has some powerful scenes. In one scene a former steelers player goes on a rampage as a result of his disease, endangering his family and ultimately killing himself in the process. Both he and Louie were subject to the mental consequences of a violent ordeal, however Louie-as he usually does- somehow manages to survive yet again. It's sad though, even when you think it would be over for a person who has suffered such trauma, they still manage to encounter hardship in one form or another.