Marvin's Room Psychological Theories

The movie Marvin’s Room exhibit several theories within the family. In fact, between Lee and Bessie, they created a relationship of tension and new roles. Lee and Bessie relationship was not great after their dad went into a chronic illness. The family experienced a crisis and like every family, someone had the take the responsibility of becoming a primary caregiver for their father. Bessie became the primary caregiver for her father and also her aunt Ruth. Lee knew she didn’t want to take responsibility and decided to head to Ohio and created her new life. Lee began her Family Development Theory, she got married and had her independent home. Lee extend her family and had two boys; Hank and Charlie. After 20 years from their father chronic illness, Bessie got in contact with lee, after she was diagnosed with leukemia. Bessie needed a donor of a bone barrow and the doctor suggested for any relatives to get tested to see if they can become her donor. Bessie told Lee the complex situation she was in and Lee decided to go to Florida to get tested. Hank and Charlie …show more content…
Hank always had that desire of meeting his dad. He knew who his father was and how he looked like back than because he had found a picture. In that picture he ripped his mother off and kept the picture of his father. When they did their trip to Florida, he went around asking people if they knew his father. Lee never talked about their father to the boys. The effect of the family secret on the family created a distance between lee and Hank. Hank seemed to always be angry and frustrated. In fact, when they went to Disney World, lee told Hank that he would have bruises every time he left him with this father. Therefore, Hank father would hit Hank at age 4, when mom would leave to work. Hank did not like to believe anything his mother would say. Lee explained to Hank that was the reason why she left their father after having