The Prince of Tides – absent parents Hardships such as separation, divorce, and other struggles plague and have a deep impact on many contemporary families. As a result, families can become dysfunctional or sometimes even destroyed due to the overwhelming stress. The lasting effects and scars that these situations leave behind have a particularly damaging effect on children. In his The Prince of Tides, Pat Conroy so vividly illustrates the effects that these adversities bring on …showed first 75 words of 679 total…

…showed last 75 words of 679 total…trauma and let to a variety different emotional issues later on in their lives. The Wingos were a family who was greatly touched by the effects of absent parents. The children were tainted by it and in Luke’s case and what might have been Savannah’s turn out to be fatal. Parental absence in any form whether it is divorce, separation or warring, only leads to bad outcomes and effects on the families involved.