{"id":1418077,"date":"2022-04-11T10:49:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T14:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/?p=1418077"},"modified":"2022-04-11T10:49:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T14:49:16","slug":"the-7-most-dysfunctional-families-in-classic-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/the-7-most-dysfunctional-families-in-classic-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"The 7 Most Dysfunctional Families in Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/5820dysfunctionalfamiliesMAIN_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you ever feel like your family is a little dysfunctional? Well then do I have good news for you, because so does everyone else! (That is, they think their own families are dysfunctional. Not yours. They don&#8217;t even know your family, I bet. I suppose they might. I don&#8217;t want to rule it out completely.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have all, at one point, found ourselves at a family gathering quietly minding our own business while chaos unfolds. Your two-year-old cousin is drawing on the walls with Magic Marker, your sister&#8217;s new boyfriend is vaping in the bathroom, and everyone is yelling about politics, the <em>Westworld<\/em> finale, and whether or not it&#8217;s rude to say \u201cNo problem!\u201d instead of \u201cYou&#8217;re welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Classic literature is relatable because it features many dysfunctional families. Perhaps their challenges are not QUITE the same as yours or mine (for instance, I&#8217;ve yet to meet a protagonist whose grandma thinks that ripped jeans, brunch, and Snapchat will lead society to ruin), but they&#8217;re dysfunctional nonetheless. Here are just a few of those families, and believe me when I say they&#8217;ll make you feel better about the maladjusted group of rabid hyenas YOU&#8217;RE related to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever feel like your family is a little dysfunctional? Well then do I have good news for you, because so does everyone else! (That is, they think their own families are dysfunctional. Not   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[8293,628,24668,524,25017,248],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418077"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418077"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1443642,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418077\/revisions\/1443642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}