Monsters From The Id: Movie Analysis

Emotional Deprivation results from a lack of authentic affirmation and emotional strengthening in one's life. A person may have been criticized, ignored, neglected, abused, or emotionally rejected by primary caregivers early in life, resulting in that individual's stunted emotional growth. In the novel Monsters from the Id: A study of Emotional Deprivation and It’s Impact on society by John Cooper, the author goes into depth about what emotional deprivation is and and its negative effects. We can understand Cooper's perspective and some of the issues he brings up due to emotional deprivation throughout the film, Monster, which is based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos, a female serial killer. Through the text and the film, we learn the importance …show more content…
As a young child she was abandoned by her mother and father, leaving her and her older brother with their grandparents, before the age of four. At a very young age she was sexually abused by her grandfather and his friends which she would get physically abused for and also engaged in sexual activity with her older brother. When she became impregnated at the age of fourteen she was sent away to a home for unwed mothers, where she gave birth and had to give the baby up for adoption. A few months after her return to the grandparents home, her grandfather had kicked her and her brother out, which led them to having to fend for themselves. Aileen then began a life of hitchhiking, prostitution and crime in order to support herself. Being in several abusive relationships, Aileen was in desperation for love and comfort which she thought she had found years later after meeting Selby Wall (Tyria Moore), where prior to this relationship she claimed she was not a lesbian. Determined to keep Selby happy, Aileen ended up murdering about six men in order to provide for Selby, who in the end, also turned her back on