Lars And The Real Girl Essay

In the movie Lars and the Real Girl, Lars is a man in his mid 20s-30s who is suffering from a lack of family displacement. He buys a doll named Bianca to fill in the role of his mother since she had died during childbirth. Lars has a Schizoid Personality disorder which causes him to order Bianca off the internet and treat her as his real girl and make her have humanistic characteristics. Schizoid Disorder is a condition in which people avoid social activities and interacting with others. He talks to her, feeds her, and gives her his mother's blanket which he was attached too. He pushes people away and does not like interacting with them including his family. For example, in the beginning of the movie, his sister-in-law Karen invited him to dinner and lunch and breakfast but he decides to ditch all of it because he does not seem to like contacting with others. His mental state is split up into different categories which contribute to his Schizoid disorder. For instance, when he is touched he feels …show more content…
His purchase of Bianca was his way of healing that part of mother-son attachement kids have when a mother holds their kid for the first time. This is called Reactive Attachment disorder. He seems to be linking his life towards her, comparing her as he was. He carries his mother's blanket around with him, and used it as a tool for good. Later on in the movie, the blanket is not seen as much because it is more around Bianca then Lars. After Bianca died, the blanket is gone because he no longer needs that item to prove that his family love is still there. This forms a sense of love/belonging in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Lars is stuck in his childhood which he brings Bianca into. For example, he took her to the lake where Gus and Lars used to play when they were younger. This scene proves that even though he wants Bianca to be his new start, it keeps pushing him to his childhood