Jim affects Laura's internal conflict in that he is the
only support system whom she trusts blindly, and yet she can see clearly that he is
falling apart as badly as the rest of the family is. When Jim returns drunk from the
movie theatre he basically spells out his feelings towards their current
situation.
It must have been very scary for a character
with a personality like Laura's to see the head of the household, the savior of the
home, and the only man whom she can trust, her brother, lose his marbles and become
slowly an alcoholic. She is aware of her mother's incapacitation as she is less and less
reliable and more and more given to the past.
In
conclusion, watching her brother fall apart is definitely adding to Laura's already
traumatized existence.
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