d severe sanctions such as: loosing all of the money she had saved for the journey to California, her best friend had to move away, she was put in jail, and her dad no longer recognized her. Jason grew up being blamed for Beverlys strain for consistency. He could never say no to his mother. When he graduated high school Beverly insisted that Jason should go to college in New York. She wanted him to go to school that she never got the chance to go to. He went there for a year, but then he and his significant other, Amelia, decided that it would be best for them to go to the same college. He wanted it just as much as she did but he had no idea how to bring it up to Beverly, because he knew that she would loose control. He waited and waited to ask if he could go. One day, Beverly asked him to drive her to Rays house. The manifest function of this was to get some important papers signed, but the latent function of that was to show Ray how well she was doing. During the past couple of years Beverly had been writing a book about her life and values. The book included Rays name in it and it also talked about his addiction. She needed a signed permission to use that kind of information. When they arrived at Rays house Jason felt uncomfortable because he hasnt seen him in a very long time. The house was socially disorganized. Ray did not change much except he had a new wife, who, by the looks of it, was as doped up as he was. When Beverly told Ray about the papers he was ready to sign them, he didnt care, but his new wife, Shirley, socially interacts with Beverly telling her that if she was publishing a book, she was obviously getting money and Shirley wanted Beverly to pay Ray for signing those papers. Beverly said that she does not have the kind of money Shirley is asking for. Beverly lost control and ran out of the house. Jason had left too to go find his mother. As he was walking around outside trying to see where she...
