In 1988 a documentary film was released titled “Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser which attributes Monk’s quirky behavior to mental illness. His son T.S. Monk states that his father would endure psychosis on several occasions and reported that his father was hospitalized due to mental illness and it later worsened in the
In the prologue of Friday Night Lights, by H.G. Bissinger, football team, Panther, has players who have fears/problems to overcome before a important game with their biggest rival the Midland Lee. The main characters include Boobie Miles who had dealt with a tragic accident on his knee the last game he played causing him to get surgery leading him to not play as well as he did before, Jerrod McDougal who knows he can’t make a collage team because of his height, Mike Winchell who lives in poverty with his mother, Ivory Christian who has a love/hate relationship with football, and Brian Chavez who is a gifted football player and student being on top in every class.
A young 12-year-old boy by the name of Aaron Kurlander faced many hardships when he was left to fend for himself while his family was separated from him in the 1930’s depression era in St. Louis at the Empire hotel. Aaron uses his imagination and sense of reality to survive and he never seems to let his spirits sink. While Aaron was left to fend for himself, his father seems to think he had good reasons for the families absences; Aaron’s brother Sullivan was shipped off to go live with relatives, his mother (Mrs. Kurlander) admitted to a sanitarium for tuberculosis, and his father (Mr. Eric Kurlander) who was a door-to-door sales man who sold wickless candles left town to travel for a watch
Madness: A History, a film by the Films Media Group, is the final installment of a five part series, Kill or Cure: A History of Medical Treatment. It presents a history of the medical science community and it’s relationship with those who suffer from mental illness. The program uses original manuscripts, photos, testimonials, and video footage from medical archives, detailing the historical progression of doctors and scientists’ understanding and treatment of mental illness. The film compares and contrasts the techniques utilized today, with the methods of the past. The film offers an often grim and disturbing recounting of the road we’ve taken from madness to illness.
The main character in the novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, written by Douglas Adams, has many conflicts throughout the novel. In the beginning, Arthur's house is scheduled to be demolished to build a bypass over it, “This bypass has got to be built, and it’s going to be built” (Adams 6). Arthur has lived in the house for about three years and for the city to build a bypass over it must be very upsetting. The city did not even do a proper job of informing Arthur about these plans. Immediately afterwards, the Vogons also destroy Earth to build a hypergalactic bypass, “This is Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz of the Galactic Hyperspace Planning Council...As you will no doubt be aware, the plans for development of the development of the outlying
The Odyssey and O Brother Where Art Thou are considered a representation of each other in some ways and prove more similar than it is commonly thought. Although the overall persona of each portrayal is quite different, it still illustrates the same message. A good lesson to be learned from this comparison is to contemplate your actions to prevent bleak situations from occurring. The characters in these tales had to understand the consequences by experiencing it themselves. Acknowledging the time period that these voyages took place in, they didn't have anybody to teach them proper ways to go about situations.
In the podcast of Serial season one I will be focusing on two characters that are Adnan and Jay. The conflict that Adnan is going through is what Jay is saying to jury and judge. And how the Jury ends up siding with Jay even with the lack of evidence they have about the murder of Hae Lee. This conflict affects both my characters by having Adnan sent to prison for life and had Jay walk free but just has to do a little bit of community services hours. Adnan conflict with Jay teaches the reader how difficult it is to know who is telling the truth through the lack of information the detectives gather from Hae Lee murder case.
I think Jeremy Fink is the main character and Lizzy Muldon is like his sidekick. Jeremy is a very, very picky eater. He eats peanut butter sandwiches for breakfast, lunch, dinner and midnight snacks. As said in the preface,”My sweat smells like peanut butter. Since I’m such a picky eater, my mother feeds me peanut butter sandwiches at every meal, including breakfast and midnight snacks.” This is why there is a peanut butter sandwich to represent Jeremy because it's all he eats. Jeremy also loves candy and has a mutant candy collection. For example, “Some of the best are a square Good & Plenty, a candy corn with an extra layer of white and my pride and joy - a peanut M&M the size of my pinky finger.” His father’s motto was Life is short; eat
The book “Freak The Mighty” follows one main them, to never judge a book by its cover, or in the case shown in the book to never judge a person base on appearance. This book I feel captures this theme very well. There are many times this theme shows itself throughout the book, especially when introducing new characters.
Mental illness can be a curse if it happens to you or anyone that you know and in The Soloist Nathaniel was one of the people to get a mental illness. Nathaniel Ayers is one of the many people to get a mental illness and it affected him in many way like being homeless and ruin his possible career in music. In The Soloist Steve Lopez said, “Mental illness doesn 't choose the most talented or the smartest or the richest or the poorest. It shows no mercy and often arrives like an unexpected storm, dropping an endless downpour on young
In T.H. White’s The Once and Future King, Arthur attempt to use the philosophy of might does not make right to guide himself and others in a world where the people around him believe that might does make right. Almost every chance Arthur gets to put his philosophy into practice is faced by a direct opposition. Even in the very beginning of The Sword in The Stone, the might of the people around Arthur, who is referred to as the Wart, stops him from using his own strategy. For example, in the first chapter when Kay wants to fly Cully, the goshawk, he does not let Cully rouse properly before making him fly. The Wart wants to go through the proper steps and be patient, but Kay stubbornly refuses and flies the hawk under the notion that might is
Ernest J. Gaines 1933 novel, A Lesson Before Dying, is African American fiction set in the town of Bayonne, Louisiana. In his novel, Gaines tells the story of an educated black teacher, Professor Grant Wiggins, who is sent to teach a wrongly convicted young man put on death row, Jefferson, how to “be a man” before his execution. Throughout the novel, the development of the relationship between Grant and Jefferson concludes in a positive correlation with the development of both individual characters.
Also another reason why Lauren is unique because she does not want having other people pick on her. When the popular girls shooting paintballs at her she really want them to pick on someone else instead of her and Kayley. For example, almost at the end of the story Lauren and Kayley are walking up the hill Lauren thinks about why the popular girls had to pick them. She said “I wish they hadn’t picked us. There are plenty of unpopular girls to go.” Another example is when Kayley whispered “Freak the Geek” Lauren was really pissed about this traditions. She was really pissed because of this silly traditions because she said. ”I’m pissed because you only hear those
Bender's dressed in vaguely high-school-bad-boy-style clothing with a jean jacket, black mesh gloves, and boots. John Bender is the trouble-making, smart mouthed rebel. He also sees himself as a tough guy, confident and is only interested in what he's interested in and making fun of whatever he can. His clothes and are shabby and he also has untamed hair which shows he comes from a lower class family.
There are many movies that portray mental and psychological disorders, from these I chose the award winning movie: Rain Man. Rain Man was released on December 14, 1988. In the beginning of this movie, a car dealer, Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise), learns that his father has died and returns home to Cincinnati to attend his funeral. Charlie and his father had a falling out with each other starting when Charlie was sixteen years old and decided to steal his father’s car for a victory lap around town. His father reported the car stolen, resulting in Charlie being arrested. Charlie’s friends got off with a warning, however Charlie’s father decided to leave his son in jail for two days before he got him out. Charlie’s mother died when he was two years
Monk the series was a pretty popular show. It won one Golden Globe award and was nominated for 19 others(Monk). Every episode was interesting and left you wanting to watch more of it. The best episode is when Mr. Monk meets a little kid and wants to adopt the kid but they tell him he is not suit to take care of a child because of his own issues. The little kid goes back into foster care and Mr. Monk lives on.