The Silver Linings Playbook (2008) (edit title/settings)

Pauline Bourgeois edited the themes of The Silver Linings Playbook 7 days ago.

• Edited the description of Mental illness: Both Pat Peoples and Tiffany suffer from mental illness, which is inevitably what brings the two so close to each other and allows them to connect on such a personal level. They are using one another as support systems to identify with and work through their problems with.
• Edited the description of Healing: Pat is both trying to heal from his illness and heal from the guilt and hurt he feels from his past; his troubled marriage and relationship with his life has left him feeling inadequate as both a husband and a person. He is trying to find, all at once, a re-connection with his wife as well as closure to their relationship and the life they led together. Throughout the story, Pat and his father work to reconcile their troubled relationship. Pat feels his father is not proud of the man he is, and that he is not the son that his father wanted. Mr. Peoples blames Pat's illness on him and pins the blame of Pat for much of their family's issues and conflicts. Tiffany is healing from the sudden death of her husband who was killed while on duty as a police officer. Having had a fight with him before he left that day for work, she is left with a haunting guilt that that was the last moment she had with her husband. and they spent it arguing. Tiffany sees a therapist just like Pat does, and is working towards closure in her husbands death, and lessening the guilt and depression she carries with her from the experience. With Pat in her life, she is finding that closure, whether Pat finds the same level of comfort in her or not.
• Edited the description of Loss: Losing someone importantPat is suffering the loss of his wife, Nikki, as well as the loss of years with his family and friends, having missed important events like his only brother's wedding and his best friend's daughter being born. They are, whether Pat is aware of it or not initially, things and time he can never get back. Tiffany is suffering the loss of her husband, Tommy. Mr. and Mrs. Peoples are going through a rough time on their marriage and are experiencing a loss of connection to one another. They have conflict because of Mr. Peoples' ignorance towards Pat, as Mrs. Peoples believes they need to be as supportive as they can for Pat as he recovers, as well as his ignorance towards Mrs. Peoples' emotional needs; he is a tired, arrogant, and grumpy old man who doesn't answer when he doesn't feel like talking and doesn't do anything around the house. Mrs. Peoples has every responsible on her plate.

Chelsea edited the themes of The Silver Linings Playbook Saturday, April 20, 2013.

• Added a theme: Loss: Losing someone important
• marked the description of Loss as not a spoiler

Good Coffee and Good Books <3 edited the themes of The Silver Linings Playbook Sunday, December 30, 2012.

• Added a theme: Mental illness
• Added a theme: Healing