Captain Jack Sparrow

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As most may only know from what they have seen in movies, pirates ran rather free in the late 1600s. Piracy was an easy means to accumulate wealth by stealing from merchant trading vessels. With the lack of technology during this time, there was no way of monitoring and controlling the free seas. Jack Sparrow, (made famous form the Pirates of the Caribbean series) is a fine example of a free roaming pirate. Jack can and wants to be considered by his company as an elite pirate due to the fact that he is a captain. Through the use of referencing to scenes from The Pirates of the Caribbean movies, this paper will strive to diagnosis jack sparrow of his possible disorders, and attempt to teach him some different treatment options that may help him cope with or eliminate his symptoms in an attempt to ride him to ride him of his disorder entirely.
Pirates have a natural love for treasure and wealth. They often loose what little morals they possess in exchange for any opportunity to achieve any type of wealth. Pirates at this time are looked at as the scum of the earth (Jacobs Henry). This is shown by the depiction of the dead pirates hanging with a sign that says, “Pirates ye be warned” (Pirates of the Caribbean). Jack had a rough upbringing from early on. It is in these pivotal years that we develop many of our natural tendencies and social behaviors that we carry with us for the rest of our lives. If someone has a hard or troubled upbringing with little stability, then they are often predisposed to certain mental disorders. For example, Jack Sparrow started his life onboard a ship at sea during a typhoon. In no way, shape, or form is coming into the world in such conditions nurturing to the individual. Furthermore, his father Captai...

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...learn a more cohesive and smooth running representation of his self, and to make Jack less vulnerable to his overwhelming narcissistic tendencies. Though these techniques would work I would imagine that Jack would never go seeking help because he would never see anything he does as wrong or out of the ordinary.

Works Cited

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Prod. Jerry Bruckheimer. Perf. Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2003. DVD.
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The Therapy Directory. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorde

Jacobs Henry. Europeon pirates 1600’s-1700’s.Pirates and Sailors, Retrieved from http://europe1600s.wikispaces.com/Pirates & Sailors

Ashmun, J. (n.d.).DSM. IV. Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Retrieved from http://www.halcyon.com/jmashmun/npd/dsm-iv.html

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