The Struggle In Mary And Max By Adam Elliot

There’s always going to be struggles while growing up. In the film “ Mary and Max” by Adam Elliot, the two characters Mary and Max struggled through their life unlike other people. Mary’s a small little girl who lived in Australia and Max in his middle ages lived in New York. They both were sad, had no friends, and did the same routine everyday in their household. Their goal was to have a friend; Mary writes a letter to Max and it changed both of their lives. Mary and Max talked back and forth through letters, they communicated about their life and problems from the way people were treating them. Although Max and Mary were the only two who understood each other, they both struggled through depression in their life. Mary’s a young little girl …show more content…
The way he is now of feeling depressed is due to his childhood. Max still remembers situations that have happened to him as a kid. He has been bullied from being beaten up and being attacked. People constantly laugh at him when he wasn’t aware of it. He over thinks why people laugh at him since he has trouble understanding people. His depression makes him to have trouble expressing how he feels, “I have trouble expressing my emotions” (Elliot). This is one of the reasons why he’s been depressed because he’s keeping his emotions in instead of letting it all out. Max childhood has never faded away in his memory, he gets sad which makes him have anxiety attacks. His childhood gives him thoughts thinking it can happen all over again. It affects him from being depressed because he freaks out thinking his life would be the same from the past. Having the capacity to re-think about issues from the past made Max depressed because he’s afraid for it to happen again. He is a grown man who still hasn’t faced his fears. Depression from a childhood causes effects from feeling nervous because it can happen all over …show more content…
He was looking at Mary’s letters smiling with happiness. He smiled in peace, he had many anxiety attacks due to his disorder. He got cured so it helped stopped, but getting them back again from Mary questions made him worse all over again. Mary was a very important person in his life. Even though it affected Mary, she was thoughtful to enjoy her life she had with him. She cried with happiness, “ You are my best friend. You are my only best friend” (Elliot). Max was glad to have a friend like her, they both went through the same difficult times. The impact they had is what continued Mary to become stronger. Max helped Mary so much in her life, he saved her through her difficult moments. If it wasn’t for Max, she would’ve been dead already. He is the strength of her thoughts and