Good Will Hunting

There are several qualities that made me choose the film, Good Will Hunting. The main reason was the emotions that I felt when I watch the film for the first time. As I watched the film, I became engulfed in a world that was very similar to mine. From the story plot to the characters, each aspect of the film seemed to demonstrate the central theme of the film, which was the ability for the protagonist to grow as a person. Will begins the film by being distant from others, which is a common…

carved out of events that happen to us, especially in the early developmental years. An exemplary example of how childhood experiences influence our adult personality is the movie "Good Will Hunting". Will Hunting is a young man with a troubled past, who 's personality has been greatly affected. Psychologically Will Hunting suffers from pseudo-masochistic behavior manifested as an id/superego conflict as described by Sigmund Freud,…

“How ‘bout them apples?”- One of the most famous lines in recent movie history was asked in a scene from the film Good Will Hunting that showcases an extremely effective example of the commonly used idiom “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover”. In order to impress onlookers and make a fool out of a local “townie” character of clearly inferior intelligence, a man that has been costumed to fit the character of “Ivy League graduate student” to a tee is begins to reference obscure academic literature in…

opportunity to do so. In the movie Good Will Hunting, Will the main character grew up with nothing, and at the end he has achieves his American dream what some might say. Everyone has their own American dream and in Good Will Hunting it was just Will’s American dream, everyone controls their fate and how successful they are in their minds, there is no cookie cutter American dream, everyone has their own aspirations and goals which determines their dream. Good Will Hunting is about a boy Will who…

Few movies have the ability to captivate and move an audience like Good Will Hunting. The story is a touching tale of a rebellious young man, Will Hunting (Matt Damon), who struggles to find his identity, living in a world where he can solve any problem, except the one brewing deep within himself. After being booked on assault charges, Will Hunting is allowed to leave prison on two conditions, taking math classes with a professor who recognizes his brilliance and mandatory therapy. Coupled with…

“Good Will Hunting” is an intense therapy with melodramatic elements that tries to push people who are not ready to be pushed and to try of changing their dramatic life. By using melodramatic elements the filmmaker tries to show to the audience that even of having a dramatic life, with some help and love everything can be overcome. The aggressive and problematic character of main movie character has roots since his abusive childhood. With this melodramatic elements, like the bad behavior of the…

Brief Summary of Plot: Good Will Hunting chronicles the tale of Will Hunting a gifted young man who works as a custodian at MIT. One day he solves a difficult math problem and is discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who soon takes Will in as his protégé. When Will’s bravado gets him arrested for assaulting a police officer the professor bails him out under the condition that he sees a counselor. After several failed attempts by 5 therapists, Will meets therapist Sean Maguire who takes Will…

Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a true genius? Good Will Hunting is a movie about just that: a young boy who has experienced a less than satisfactory upbringing, but through reading informational books at a public library in his youth and through having a photographic memory that allows him to remember everything he reads has resulted in him becoming very intelligent. It is shown just how intelligent he is when he solves a proof that is written on a chalkboard at Harvard University…

Is Hunting Good or Bad for the Environment? Did you know there are 1.23 million car to deer collisions each year in the United States? That brings up the question of; is hunting good or bad for the environment. By examining statistics of the deer population, diseased deer, and where the money comes from to improve animal habitats, it's clear that hunting deer is good for the environment. Looking at the deer population, millions of deer are shot each year by hunters. Sick deer need to be removed…

To do the analyze of the movie Good Will Hunting though the theory Cognitive Dissonance it required a review of literature with previous research about the topic that support this study. Following is the literature review that examined the variety of studies previously done by scholars in the area about Cognitive Dissonance. Leon Festinger is the founder of this theory and will be introduced as he is the primary source, following is a subtitle of research other scholars has done within this…