Dream House Dissociative Identity Disorder Essay

In the movie, Dream House, Daniel Craig portrays a New York editor named Will Atenton that recently quit his job to move to the suburbs and dedicate more time with his wife, Libby, and his two daughters. One night, Will began to search for what was going on when his family was frightened by someone peering through the window. In doing so, he finds a satanic cult of teenagers in his basement that reveal that a family man named Peter Ward committed heinous murders in that house. Will began to worry and found out the Peter Ward recently got released after five years from Greenhaven Psychiatric Hospital from going through his attic. The neighbor from across the street refused to give Will any information after he asked her for more. Will decides to go to Greenhaven to get information about Peter Ward and he discloses that he, Will Atenton, is actually Peter Ward. After his family was murdered, Peter developed a condition called Dissociative Identity Disorder. This is why Peter thinks that he is Will. However, dissociative identity disorder is a severe form of dissociation. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, dissociated is to separate from someone or

Jack then shoots Boyce because he didn’t follow Jacks orders and killed Peter’s family instead. Jack then pours gasoline all over the house and sets the old abandoned house on fire. Meanwhile, the hallucination of Peter's wife is on the brink of yelling, urging Peter to wake up. When he finally awakens, he takes Anne out of the burning house where she is reunited with her daughter. Boyce traps Jack in the fire by pouring gasoline on him before dying. Peter rushes back into the burning house where he sees his wife and daughters for the last time and is finally forced to let them go. At this point he has coped with his Dissociative Identity Disorder and is letting the traumatic event go. He fully lets go of Will Atenton and embraces his new found self, Peter