The house that Jack built

The following thesis will serve as an exploration of a family in turmoil. In this work, I seek to discover what happens when a family, wrecked by the devastation of financial loss as well as spiritual loss, moves into a house that is crumbling at the foundation. Whether the characters are struggling to rid the house of the previous owner, possums, or alligators, they are all searching for a solution to life's greatest struggle: the inability of human beings to work together