Topic > Mental Illness in We Live In Water by Jess Walter

His emotions at seeing after a long period of time push his mental illness to an excessive level and cause him to act in that moment. The opposition might say that Trent, in his anger at seeing his ex happy with her new boyfriend, finally snapped and tried to run them over with his car. Killing them like this and not trying to commit suicide. I don't agree with this statement because he seemed satisfied with their happiness. In both observations Trent has mental problems, however, the hypothesis that he attempted suicide seems more likely. Throughout the story Trent is angry, however, he is more sad and hurt. This leads him to continue to wonder why Tanya didn't choose him even though he tried to make their relationship work. I think Trent snapped, however, he did so in such a way that in his pain and grief blinded him to looking for the only way out he could find, and that was