Monster's Ball

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Leticia, wife of Lawrence Musgrove, a man condemned to die in the electric chair, beats their obese son Tyrell for overeating and failing to lose weight. (0:28)

Hank's son and fellow corrections officer Sonny kills himself with a revolver in front of his father and his grandfather Buck. (0:36)

Buck tells Hank about Hank's mother whom he says, "... killed herself... quit on me." (0:49)

Leticia realizes Tyrell has died of his injuries after having been hit by a car. (0:54)

Viewed from a multigenerational perspective how can we understand Sonny's suicide in terms of multigenerational transmission. What might we expect to discover about Buck's family of origin? His wife's?

Bereavement | multigenerational perspective | multigenerational transmission | obesity | Physical Abuse of Child | suicide