Will Hunting is a prime example of how childhood experiences can affect how a person’s personality develops into adulthood. There are many Psychoanalytic theories that can be applied to Will Hunting’s personality, such as the following: actions that are deeply rooted into his unconscious, the battle going on inside his mind between his Id and Superego, as well as many defense mechanisms that he uses to protect himself from further psychological harm. According to the textbook (Friedman 2016) the unconscious is the portion of the mind that people are not aware of. While in therapy with Sean, Will goes into great detail about the abuse he received from his foster father. His father would give him a choice of punishments: a stick, a belt, or a
