Ingrid suffers from guilt over the way her father treats her. Although she should not be blamed, she constantly blames herself for not doing things that would please her father. She feels that if she were just better, then she would make her father happy and he would not do the things that he does to her. Not only do we understand Ingrid's feelings of guilt, but also we see Trudi's understanding of what Ingrid has gone through because Trudi herself has been sexually abused. Trudi does feel guilty, but she also shows other symptoms of sexual abuse such as dissociation, when she piles the stones up to forget what Klaus Malter had done to her.
Sexual abuse produces many effects.
In Stones From the River , all of the characters who are sexually abused as young girls have some of these symptoms. Works Cited Cain, Linda. Child Sexual Abuse . Quinebaug Valley Community Technical College. What It Is and How to Prevent it .Online.