Lars And The Real Girl Essay

After watching the film “Lars And The Real Girl”, many things can be concluded about Lars’s mental state. Throughout the story, many things seemed to be different with Lars. His behavior, speech,body language and his tendency to isolate himself propose that Lars possesses deeper psychological issues. Schizoid personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder and a lack of Maslow’s needs can be used to explain his behavior. Many aspects of the film postulate the idea that Lars has traits of the schizoid personality disorder. Some of these traits are that they generally prefer to be alone and do not wish for popularity.They tend to seek jobs that require little social contact.Their social skills are often weak and they do not show a need for …show more content…
It proceeds to the point at which Karen tackles him to the ground just to get him to come over for dinner.If that does not prove that Lars likes to be alone then what does? Lars works as an office worker, closed off at his desk, typing away at his computer all day, thus proving that Lars has a job with little social contact. Similarly, Lars has a major lack of social skills. The scene in which Margo says hi to Lars when he is standing outside and he chucks the flower he is holding and runs away demonstrates not socially acceptable behavior. One could argue that Lars also demonstrates the traits of schizotypal personality disorder. This disorder is characterized by a need for social isolation and odd behavior and thinking. The best and most important example of this is is doll, Bianca. It seems that she was everything to Lars, despite her cold appearance Lars made it seem as if he had feelings for her and she has mutual feelings for him.His behavior with this doll is very much odd and abnormal. However, the fact that he has legitimate feelings for Bianca is what could classify him as schizotypal. On the other hand, him isolates himself throughout the