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A Rose Growing From a Pot of Dirt

The novel All Families are Psychotic written by Douglas Coupland starts off as a pessimistic novel but slowly evolves into an optimistic novel through the dynamic family relationships that grow throughout the story. The estranged and new relationships that are formed in the novel demonstrate the beauty that exists within families: the intimate moments shared between father and son and husband and wife. These touching moments in the book and the fairytale ending leave the reader with an optimistic outlook on his or her family. The reader gets the impression that even though his or her family is problematic, there is hope for the future.
At the start of novel, the relationships within the Drummond family are either weak or non-existent because of the lack of love between Janet and Ted Drummond, wife and husband in the Drummond family, respectively. Their divorce and lack of compassion for each other has a negative impact on their children, Wade, Sarah, and Bryan, which is the mai...

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