Social Support and Resilience: Exploring the Consequences of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Silas House’s Eli the Good

Abstract

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is the result of a traumatic incident that triggers the normal psyche of an individual. This happens most often with the war veterans who have witnessed the adverse effects of wars. It is considered to be one of the aftermaths of war. The war veterans who suffer from PTSD have to fight forever with their disturbed mind. Appalachian literature is a reservoir of novels, poetry, short stories and journals, that emerges to investigate the American Appalachian’s sufferings due to multiple problems in their life. The paper accounts the impact of war, on war veterans, as most of the Appalachians spend better part of their life, fighting for their country. Silas House, being an Appalachian and a famous Appalachian novelist, records the struggles they have endured. The study analyses Eli the Good of Silas House, that depicts the after effects of Vietnam war on soldiers. The objective of the study is to throw light on the problems related to PTSD, and the impact that PTSD creates on the people associated with the victim, the study moves on providing the remedies to help the victim to come out of the same. The societal relevance of the study is to evidently record the pessimistic side of war. By substantiating the means to overcome, the research shows the importance of being resilient through observing the ecosystem. The paper has used descriptive research to substantiate the findings.