Crawford

Joan Crawford’s Disorders In the film, Mommie Dearest, Joan Crawford demonstrates multiple different personality disorders, each of which take a part in dictating most of her life. A personality disorder involves repetitive characteristics that interrupt one’s home and work life. More likely than not, a personality disorder causes distress and affects the individual in a negative way. (Rathus, 2010, p.526). Four of these disorders that were shown by the main character are: obsessive-compulsive…

The “Farm to School” program was started in the 1990s and it has grown from a handful of schools to about 40,000 participants (farmtoschool). “Farm to School” incorporates the following three key elements; procurement, education and school gardens (Crawford,…

live the rest of his life in a nursing home with limited brain and physical capabilities. The doctor decided “to do unto others what we would want done unto us” and allow Mr. Box to die instead of performing the operation. In case II, a nurse, Ms. Crawford, was…

examples of those who have done wrong: Eric Garner was choked to death by the New York City Police Department for selling cigarettes. There is a video of the murder and you can hear Garner say, “I can’t breathe.” Another example is the death of John Crawford III. He was browsing a Walmart in Ohio.…

Deemed as one of the most significant and influential works of African American literature, Their Eyes Were Watching God, a 1937 classic by Zora Neale Hurston, tells the story of a black woman, named Janie Crawford, raised in the South. A strong and fiercely independent female protagonist, Janie Crawford finds herself on a journey of self-realization as she battles society’s expectations, as well as her own. A must read classic for all adolescents and fiction lovers, Their Eyes Were Watching God…

the media get attached to their own gender schemas and to their sense of self. According to social learning theory, the more often children see models of gendered behavior, the more likely they are to imitate it and store it up for later use. (Crawford 2012 pg. 178). Children are watching TV and using iPads at a very young age. Children like to imitate everything they see and they do not know what’s right or wrong. Media influence affects the way children think and behave, and many children…

William Forrester and Jamal Wallace had an unlikely friendship. At first, William wanted to know why did Jamal come in to his house without telling him. Jamal had left his book bag in Williams house and William went through Jamal's stuff and wrote little notes or corrections on his writings. And since that day they both worked together. William gave Jamal some lessons of writing. Jamal wrote writings and gave them to William so he could correct them. The more they learned about each other the…

Faye Dunaway’s portrayal of Joan Crawford in the movie Mommy Dearest (1981) exhibits many of the characteristics of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Her character also seems to suffer from antisocial narcissistic behaviors as well as histrionic personality and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. These disorders often occur together and are closely related mental health diagnoses, which result in a disruption in self-image, relationships and regulation or control of emotions (Life…

In the movie Mommie Dearest, actress Joan Crawford slowly slips into madness by showing several examples of each disorder throughout the movie. The four disorders I will be comparing are borderline personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder and obsessive personality disorder. All of these disorders and their symptoms heavily affected and influenced Joan and everyone around her. For example, her daughter Christina grew up with a mother that insisted…

the novel, many critics examined the image of Janie Crawford and the idea of feminism. Hurston illustrates in her novel the patriarchal dominance within the society through Janie Crawford who is subjected to the identity others have made for her and how she struggles to find her inner voice, because of this feminism is an important aspect to understanding the true meaning behind the novel. The novel begins with Hurston introducing Janie Crawford and the beginning of her storytelling. “She was…