Analysis Of The Silver Lining Playbook

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Character Synopsis Pat Solitano is the main character of the movie the Silver Linings Playbook. Pat had been sent to a psychiatric residential facility as a plea bargain not to have to serve time for committing a violent crime. Pat walked in on his wife having sex with another teacher he worked with while their wedding song was playing on the radio. Pat reacted violently and beat the teacher with tenure as Pat refers to him. Pat’s world has been turned upside down and when his mother picks him up from the facility eight months later Pat is going home to live with his parents. Pat has to readjust to his new life throughout the movie. Pat now has no wife, no job, no house, and many new battles. Pat is a character with emotional regulation issues and poor social skills. As the movie develops we follow Pat as he grows as a person and gains coping skills to adjust to his new …show more content…

When he finishes the book he gets upset and throws the book through the window. He wakes his parents up ranting about how could she teach children this book it is stupid and why is there not a happy ending? Pat is having trouble regulating his …show more content…

I also saw development when he was telling his dad that he had made promises to keep. At the dance competition Pat speaks to Niki but then goes to find Tiffany because he has known for weeks that she had wrote the letters and that she loved him. He realizes that Tiffany is the best choice for him and he loves her too. As far as Pat’s development in life is concerned the movie only has a flash back to the incident that put him in the facility, other than that the movie is based on current day things. Therefore in diagnosing Pat, his history is a

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