Lars and the Real Girl is a film that illustrates a variety of Catholic Social Teachings. The teaching of human dignity is evident because although Lars has a distant relationship with the community treats him just as important as the others. Lars is socially awkward and consumed with isolated behaviors, however, the community does not treat him as an outsider or disregard his presence. Lars has difficulty maintaining a close relationship with his family and co-workers because he rarely takes the time out of his day to communicate to them, however they continue to invite him to gatherings and dinners. Human dignity towards Lars also is present, although the community is in shock that his girlfriend is a sex doll. The community takes the …show more content…
The community illustrates participation as they put in their efforts to include Bianca into the community. They alter their schedules in order to ensure they involve Bianca and treat her as everyone else. For example, the community working together to allow Bianca to volunteer, the church community welcoming Bianca, the community giving her a makeover. Whereas, Lars’ family takes their time out of their day to tuck Bianca to bed, change her, and bathe her. As everyone goes out of their way to work together to include Bianca demonstrates the Catholic Social Teaching of participation because they all work together for the greater good of the community. Not only is the community working together for Bianca, but Bianca is also presenting the teaching of participation. The community gives Bianca the ability to participate in the town by volunteering and being a part of the church. As the film progresses the Lars establishes the Catholic Social Teaching of participation because he begins to include himself to the community. Lars is an isolated individual, however, he begins to participate by attending dinners with his family, going to his co-worker’s party, and hanging out with Margo. Rather than being at home, Lars is including himself into the community and becoming …show more content…
Throughout the movie, it is noticeable confusion takes over the community when they witness Lars in a relationship with a sex doll. Lars’ family is in shock and does not know what to do as Lars introduces the sex doll over dinner. The people around Lars question his ways, however, they don’t shun him or treat him differently. The community enacts solidarity because they all work together and respect the way Lars feels about Bianca. Lars’ life is something his family and friends value, they love him and care about his being, which is why they accept the way he acts towards Bianca. Although his family is in confusion, they continue to help him every step of the way with the help of Dr. Dagmar. The church community respects Lars individuality by accepting him because they believe it is what God would do. They welcome his sex doll into the church and greet her with flowers. The value for Lars’ behavior demonstrates solidarity because although his condition can be crazy, his family and community accept him and support him throughout his
A community is comprised of a group of goal oriented individuals with similar beliefs and expectations. Currently the term is used interchangeably with society, the town one lives in and even religion. A less shallow interpretation suggests that community embodies a lifestyle unique to its members. Similarities within the group establish bonds along with ideals, values, and strength in numbers unknown to an individual. Ideals and values ultimately impose the culture that the constituents abide by. By becoming part of a community, socialization...
Lars and the Real Girl was an independent film about a young man named Lars who lived a quiet stable life until he was struck with such severe mental illness that the whole community rallied to support him on his mission to recovery. Lars was a great example of a man who had suffered from early attachment loss and childhood trauma that manifested into psychological dysfunction.
Lar’s persona changes dramatically when he purchases a lifelike and anatomically correct sex doll Bianca, this can be seen through a number of changes. Over the duration of Lars healing process the lighting in film changes showing that Lars is beginning to change and become a more socially competent. For example, when Bianca arrives the lighting in garage changes and becomes warmer signifying a change in Lars. The director uses a mid-shot of lars in the garage when Bianca arrive to show the change in lighting. In the film; it is evident that Bianca gives Lar’s confidence which he wasn’t able to find with Gus or people at his work. An example of this is the change in lars can be seen through his change in appearance. Before presenting Bianca to Gus and Karin the director shows his change through different mid-shots of lars making himself look presentable. Throughout the film, Lars removes layers of his clothing which is symbolic of his healing process and his ability to open up. An example of this is he also initiates contact with Margo after bowling, Lars goes to the extent of taking off his gloves to shake hands with Margo. The director uses a close-up of the Margo and Lar’s hands to show the significance of this moment and the significance it has in Lars healing process. The Community gathering where the neighbours discuss what to do about Lars
For my final essay, I have chosen the movie “Fatal Attraction”, and I will focus on Alex Forrest and her mental disorder. Borderline Personality was displayed in the movie and Alex had almost every symptom of this disorder. Throughout this essay, I will be discussing Alex’s characteristics, intelligence, motivation, stress, social influences and/ or personality theories, treatment, and if the depiction of the disorder and treatment is consistent with what was discussed and read in the course.
Besides an initial voiceover narration introducing Ray Kinsella (Kevin Cosner), his beloved wife Annie (Amy Madigan), and their young daughter Karin, this is the first scene in Field of Dreams, released in 1989 and directed by Phil Alden. The voice-over establishes the expectation of the film as being a sensible story about a loving couple trying to run a family farm in Iowa, and the subsequent scene (pictured above) quickly deconstructs that expectation. While working in his field one night, Ray hears a voice whispering “If you build it, he will come.” From then on, there are no more misconceptions about Field of Dreams being anything but an unapologetic fantasy in which an Iowa farmer mows down his fields to build a baseball diamond where
When it came time to pick a stage of development, I chose the stage of middle childhood. The movie that best depicted this stage of development to me was the 1991 movie “My Girl”. In this movie, you see a 11-year-old girl named Vada Sultenfuss going through a lot of psychosocial and cognitive changes in her life. She has grown up without her mother due to instant death when being born and she blames herself for her mother’s passing. Her dad is very absent in the upbringing of Vada, as he focuses most of his time and energy into his work as a mortician. Vada is surrounded by death due to the fact that they live in the house where her father constructs his business which is why her view on death is demented. When her dad becomes involved
Lars and the Real Girl is a poignant film that captures the essence of love, death, and loneliness. Quirky and tender, Lars seems to prefer spending time alone and curious about human relationships as he stares through the glass window from his house in the beginning of the film. Deeper into film, Lars is diagnosed with delusional disorder, believing Bianca, a life-sized sex doll, as a real woman. Lars has created Bianca to seek true and eternal love and to cope with his emotions from a significant change in his life. With the help of his delusion and the support of the community members, he becomes more “normal” and integrated into the society.
Jonas’ community chooses Sameness rather than valuing individual expression. Although the possibility of individual choice sometimes involves risk, it also exposes Jonas to a wide range of joyful experiences from which his community has been shut away. Sameness may not be the best thing in the community because Jonas expresses how much he feels like Sameness is not right and wants there to be more individuality. Giver leads him to understand both the advantages and the disadvantages of personal choice, and in the end, he considers the risks worth the benefits. “Memories are forever.”
The roles of men and women evolve over time. In 1879 the roles, obligations, and expectations of a man and woman were very different from those today. In A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen illustrates the reproachful role of women in society and how appearances can be deceiving.
Although Saint Augustine initially performed sinful behaviors and immersed himself in a world of material possessions, disorder, and perfidy, his conversion to Catholicism enlightened him and he changed his views. He understood the importance of good actions, pure faith, and the pursuit of God. He stated, “What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.” Being involved in a close-knit community for seventeen years, I naturally have the “hands to help others” and the “feet to hasten to the poor and needy.” If I were to attend Villanova University, community would not just be a noun; conversely, I would actively inspire passion in order to help others and carry out community service and kindness evoking love through my actions.
Community has ties to every aspect of life. Some may say that community is simply where you live, however that barely scratches the surface. Communities are groups of people with similar interests where one can be themselves. (Transition) The importance of this can be be proven even in the way that the bees run their colonies. Every single one has a purpose, and they form one of the strongest most resilient communities in the world. Eight months ago I joined a community of beekeepers, and the things I am learning still amaze me.
The first thing that the reader will notice regarding gender is the title of the play “A Doll’s House”. This reveals to the reader, Nora’s and possible Torvald’s status within the play. Nora is unable to be herself as she is not seen as an equal in her marriage. Instead, she is something to be admired and flaunted. This need for her to be something that Torvald can show off. Both Nora and Torvald are living lives based on illusion. Torvald has made Nora his perfect little doll so that he can look good. She thinks that he is a person with incredible strength, she becomes disillusioned with him at the end of the play when he exposes himself as just a man. This paper will look at the way that society’s expectations of gender roles are perceived
The members of this community are good and welcoming to strangers and because the elders accepted the students to offer services for the good of the community. Maybe the individuals who precipitated hostility had not received the informant concerning the objectives of the students in the community.” I asked another question “What can you say about community service?” The community member gave an honest opinion “I think community service is the best thing that has ever happened to this community, this is because the community has benefited in a variety of ways especially from the help and other services that the students offer. For instance, before the initiation of the services, the area around the community was so bushy and with lumps of wastes but with the students’ indulgence in their community services, our environment is clean and filled with fresh air since the students cleaned most of the dirty and smelly drainage systems in the community.” Another student honestly said that “The community service has helped developed a variety of skills as well as some life skills such as obedience and perseverance and resilience. Also, some students have benefitted from the indulgence in the service since some are already working as we speak. Then all students who engage in the service and complete the stipulated number of hours tend to have an opportunity to graduate from their institutions of learning.” We all
Disney conveyed many life lessons or themes in the movie Maleficent; this teaches us that what turns evil can be turned good again. According to the movie, Steaphan stole Maleficent's wings by cutting them off to get him back. This is what caused her to become evil and wanting to make Steaphan pay for what he did. This supports the theme because when she woke up her wings were cut off from Steaphan, which made her mad at him, wanting to get back at him from that. Then Maleficent made a magic staff to help help her walk from the pain she had. Maleficent now is trying to be good but she is having a hard time because she is mad at Steaphan. Another example found in the movie shows the theme as well. When king Stephen had a baby Maleficent
First of all, in a participating community several numbers of people are involved in the community’s activities such as beach cleaning programs, sports activities and dengue controlling activities.