Donnie Darko Psychology

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“Donnie Darko? What the hell kind of name is that? It’s like some sort of superhero or something.” (Donnie Darko 2001) This movie takes place in a space that does not exist in our world. This wondrous place is connected with wormholes, which is a passage to a parallel universe. There is one person who has the ability to travel through the wormholes. Donald Darko is a mentally ill teenager that happens to sleepwalk often and ends up outside in strange places, such as a field in the mountains. Sleepwalking genuinely saved his life, due to the fact that a jet engine landed in his room at night, but he was meeting his special friend for the first time. An imaginary friend named Frank, although he is not a typical friend. A six foot tall man in …show more content…

Donnie was caught talking to himself in the mirror by his sister Samantha. In the scene, he is asking Frank through the bathroom mirror , “Why did you make me do it?” Referring to the flooding of the school. He replies “Because they are in great danger.” To Samantha, there is no rabbit in the mirror, so she asks why he’s talking to himself. Dr. Thurman calls Frank “a daylight hallucination” which is “a common occurrence among paranoid schizophrenics.” She recommends hypnotherapy and more medication. Frank still continues to exist, making the pills ineffective to the …show more content…

He tries to imply to Donnie that he is allowed to do whatever he wants because Frank can as well. At Middlesex high school, the teachers idolize a man who wrote a book about fear and love. Donald goes into Jim Cunningham's house and burns it down by pouring gasoline all over the place during a talent show. He destroyed something, but created something at the same time. The firefighters found a kiddie porn dungeon in his house and Jim got arrested. Donnie discovered the truth about a man they all thought was flawless.
Donnie does not like being alone, which is one reason why he listens to Frank. “I have to obey him. He saved my life. I have to obey him or I’ll be left all alone. And then… and then I won’t be able to figure out what this is all about. I won’t be able to know his master plan.” Donnie says this to Dr. Thurman in her office, under hypnosis while sobbing. Donnie’s fear of abandonment led him into consistently listening to a rabbit. He believes Frank knows things he does not yet

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