She became “sick” after she married Ethan, and remained sick to have his full attention along with care. This is also a regressive trait, since she is pretending to be sick not only for attention, but to avoid problems, such as money as well as social status. Once Ethan is not enough, she musters up the strength to travel to another town for a doctor’s visit. Normal people do not do this. She regresses into a childlike phase frequently since she felt like it was the only way to have her needs met. She received what she wanted daily, along with having nothing to complain about until her cousin showed up. Once Ethan stopped caring about Zeena, she worsened her condition to no avail until the accident that left Mattie bedridden, leaving Zeena to, ironically, care for
She became “sick” after she married Ethan, and remained sick to have his full attention along with care. This is also a regressive trait, since she is pretending to be sick not only for attention, but to avoid problems, such as money as well as social status. Once Ethan is not enough, she musters up the strength to travel to another town for a doctor’s visit. Normal people do not do this. She regresses into a childlike phase frequently since she felt like it was the only way to have her needs met. She received what she wanted daily, along with having nothing to complain about until her cousin showed up. Once Ethan stopped caring about Zeena, she worsened her condition to no avail until the accident that left Mattie bedridden, leaving Zeena to, ironically, care for