Introduction and Lead

Personal redemption and liberation happens when an individual falls through the cracks at some point in their life and redeems themselves; thus finding their purpose in life.

She's come undone
She didn't know what she was headed for

A. Lead

In Wally Lamb’s novel, “She’s Come Undone,” a woman named Dolores Price endures many hardships which she copes with by eating food. Turning to food for comfort is a terrible strategy for it’s positive effects are only temporary, and more problems settle in such as obesity. Being obese becomes Dolores’ identity; a shell in which she uses to hide from the world. Comparing a young woman’s struggle to Walt Kowalski, the disgruntled man in the film “Gran Torino,” seems far fetched but their stories relate due to individual redemption and liberation.