Thoughts About The Quiet Room

The last chapters in The Quiet Room is Lori's mother, her doctor, and of course, Lori speaking of her experiences in the hospitals and the voices that Lori hears in her head. Lori goes through the detail of what the voices say to her, how they make her feel, and how she deals with them. The fact that her parents were willing to take the risk of the medication killing their daughter, they still decided to give it to Lori. It shows that her parents who loves her so dearly desperately wants Lori to get better. I think that it is remarkable that she was able to overcome her schizophrenia disorder and has a positive outlook on life. Compared to the Lori in the beginning through middle of the book, every time she was put into a situation, her mind would always get filled with negative thoughts and suicide. She always had the desire to kill herself so that she did not have to deal with the voices in her head. By the end of the book she would always say that she wanted to live and spend her life with her family who cares for her. Lori says that she is no longer the type of person who runs away from her problems but as a goal, wants to face her problems and wants to find a way to deal with them. I think The Quiet Room is a powerful book that shows the growth and transformation of a vulnerable schizophrenic woman to a courageous, will-powered, and matured woman.