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In “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” Eugene O’Neill presents the reader with a dysfunctional family that is being torn apart by many problems. The family has no emotional closeness at all: they are as emotionally distant (as far as love is concerned) as strangers would be. ... This problem might all come down to the fact that no one in the family can communicate well, and it is a well documented fact that good communication skills are the basis of a long-term relationship. All that the characters can do is call each other derogatory names and insinuate nasty things about the others’ actions and thoughts, while at the same time refusing to listen and see his or her own problems. ... For example, in Act II when Mary is getting high upstairs, the boys can talk about nothing but her possible lapse back into drugs. ... The characters try to deny it themselves, but the reader is not so easily fooled. The characters cannot communicate effectively with one another, thereby creating a seemingly a hopeless schism between them. The characters are quick to point out the faults of others, but are quite a bit slower to listen to what the others are saying and examine themselves.
Approximate Word count = 1224
Approximate Pages = 4.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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