A Full Life

This paper focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of the character Maureen Johnson from the musical Rent. The story of Rent takes place in New York City in the 1990s and focuses on a group of young adults as they struggle for success while staying true to their beliefs and their relationships with one another (Columbus, 2005). Through her interaction with the other characters and beliefs about herself, Maureen’s psychopathology becomes evident.

The imposition of a universal set of values, like that of the law, for example, is a product of power—and, liberally speaking, an injustice. Renton notes that his mother, on tranquillisers, "is, in her own socially acceptable way, also a drug addict." Because these particular characters' choice of lifestyle conflict with that of the dominant order, they are marginalised—forced to live in squalor and filth. This is something signified in the mise-en-scene: theirs is a world of repugnant toilets; of splattered walls, doors and floors; of soiled bed-sheets; of buckets for "urine," "vomittus" and "faeces."

Though the first thing we learn about her is that she is afflicted with AIDS, she persistently lives an existence based on kindness and giving. The audience is immediately endeared to her when she saves Collins at the top of the show and patches him up. Right off the bat she is proven to be generous and tenacious, as she tells Collins, “I do not take ‘no,’” before healing him, buying food for him, Mark, and Roger, and then telling the absurd tale of how she procured the money to do so. As Angel and Collins fall in love, we see the impact she makes on the group of friends’ outlook. In the movie version of Rent, Roger is shown to have a change of heart and attend Life Support with Collins and Angel. This is a huge step for him because it’s been established that he never goes out and doesn’t want to talk about his illness. Angel’s presence is most profoundly felt when she is no longer there. At her funeral, when almost all of the characters have only known her less than a year, each of them is heartbroken. They share their most treasured memories of the outstanding character. Maureen says, “Angel always said how lucky she was that we were all friends. But it was us, baby, who were the lucky ones.” Angel’s death represents a turning point for the whole cast. Roger and Mimi have a split and fight at the funeral, as do Maureen and Joanne. Mark finds himself utterly alone. Roger moves to Santa Fe. Mimi starts getting sicker and returns to Benny.

Grandma is a comedy-drama film that follows the life of Elle, a lesbian poet, who was married for 38 years, but then became a widow. Elle’s granddaughter, Sage, comes to her asking for $630 for an abortion as she is broke, although Elle doesn’t have any money either. Sage was too afraid to tell her judgemental mother about her situation, in which resorted to her having to ask her Grandma. Elle had a short-term girlfriend, Olivia, of 5 months, but ended things with her very abruptly. Even though Elle doesn’t have the money for Sage, she is determined to go out and get it. The movie is split up into 6 chapters, set over the course of one day, as Sage had booked the abortion for that evening. Elle and Sage go and get money of as many people as Elle could think of, but by the end of their journey, they still don’t have enough and end up having to tell Sage’s mother. Sage’s mother is angry and disappointed as they had expected but she gives the money and they go to the clinic, Sage gets the abortion and Sage and her mother have an argument but are happier afterwards. Elle goes to resolve things with Olivia, and the end on better terms. This film shows themes of LGBT+ acceptance and the importance of family. There are also major contrasts between characters which are vital to the film.

We are born into this world with the realization that life is hard and that life is like a box of chocolates and it is hard to take it at face value. The majority of our time is spent trying to answer an endless stream of questions only to find the answers to be a complex path of even more questions. This film tells the story of Harold, a twenty year old lost in life and haunted by answerless questions. Harold is infatuated with death until he meets a good role model in Maude, an eighty year old woman that is obsessed with life and its avails. However, Maude does not answer all of Harold’s questions but she leads him to realize that there is a light at the end of everyone’s tunnel if you pursue it to utmost extremes by being whatever you

“Mick Harte was Here” was a moving story about a girl who was grieving the loss of her younger brother. Not only was this story relatable, but also eye opening. The thoughts that roam a child’s mind when grieving is very important and should be told in a way that can possibly educate parents or peers. We see the main character Phoebe go through the path of grieving when she lost her younger brother Mick. We followed her journey for the first few days of his death and realize just how certain things can trigger an emotion or action.

The place is run by Madame Lebrun and two sons, Robert and Victor. Leonce had to leave the family behind and go to a bussines trip. As Leonce leave to his business trip Robert and Edna get closer and little by little she start falling in love with him. Edna and Robert start getting serious, Edna willing to risk it all. She starts feeling new feeling new feels when she's with him, does not feel so trap and boss around. Robert says no to Edna because the fact that she is still married. Edna is heartbroken and just out of nowhere Robert is going to Mexico to start his future. Edna has to go back to her house, but this time it different. She is not her usual self that obey, does order,she stop to the thing a mother supposed to do, and stop support her husband. Instead of going back to her usual self she starts to paint, Leonce is dumbstruck by her behavior. Leonce is worried about her behavior and goes to a doctor, which is an old friend. The doctor said it pretty normal and to give her space, and time to thing. Leonce decide to go on a trip and take the kids to their grandma. Edna had made a choice and the sale the house and rent a little

The counterculture movement is highly prevalent throughout Rent. The entire story revolves around the idea that the characters are no longer accepting what society tells them. Several of the main characters pledge to not compromise his or her ethical values for anyone. Maureen leads a large group of individuals in an allegory with the intentions of steering them away from higher power control. In this case, Benny would like to displace tent city to create a cyber lounge.

The plot of Rent borrows heavily from its predecessor. La Boheme was also based on young artists and free-thinkers, and these characters were afflicted with the plague of the time period, tuberculosis. Similarly, in Rent the artists are all affected in some way by the HIV and AIDS epidemic of the 1990s. The story highlights the two roommates Mark and Roger. A former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, and Mark tries to capture the ups and downs of his friend’s lives on tape through his attempts to make a film.

A dear friend couldn’t help to gasp when I uttered my plan on taking two years off from career to pursue master degree abroad. I remember her words vividly, “So you will leave your spot to someone younger, brighter and most probably hotter just like that?” I also remember what was my answer; it was simply “yes.” Don’t get me wrong I absolutely love my job. So much love as if I am married to my work. I am the living example of someone whose her passion becomes a profession. For me working it’s like playing. There were never a dull moment. But then I came to a point where I desired something more that would make me feel whole. It was education. I craved so much to broaden my knowledge,

The theme of the movie is laughter is the best medicine because joy will always cure the soul. The movie started off with the main character Patch Adams admitting himself into a mental hospital. Being in the mental hospital he came upon a rude psychiatrist that didn’t care to help or listen to the patients. This made him realize he wanted to go to medical school and properly help, care and treat patients. Patch released himself from the Mental facility and went to Virginia Medical College. One part in the movie that makes you understand the theme is when Patch Adams dresses up as an angel which symbolizes spiritual figures. Patch Adams was determined to become a medical doctor once he started visiting patients in the Medical school clinical hours. This made him truly passionate about helping people. Patch Adams believed the medical staff did not appreciate the methods of healing patients as much as they should, they care about the money instead. He cheers the patients up by making light out of the idea of death. He dressed up as a clown for the children who had cancer, asked patients what they wanted to do before they pass away, and he tried to make their wishes come true.

These constant beatings in Maggie Johnson’s home, furniture thrown from parent to parent, and every aspect of her family life as being negative, her family situation is not an extremly healthy one. But, despite her hardships, Maggie grows up to become a beautiful young lady whose romantic hopes for a more desirable life remain untarnished.

The film Rent (2005) is based on the musical by the same title, which is a story about people trying to make ends meet while being directly or indirectly affected by AIDS. The title is a little misleading, because the story mainly follows the relationships between characters and the effects AIDS make on their lives, while the subplot is them struggling to pay the rent. There is one main heteronormative relationship that is followed in the film, but the other two are not. One includes a gay man, Collins, who is with a person that is inferred to be a transgender woman, Angel. The other relationship is about a bisexual woman, Maureen, who loves a lesbian named Joanne. The original musical was written by Jonathan Larson, who incorporated autobiographical aspects, such as his bisexual girlfriend who is portrayed by Maureen, who left him for another woman. Larson was inspired by the La Bohème opera, but changed the gender of Joanne’s character to be based on to a woman. Larson was known for exploring social issues in his works and illustrates topics of homophobia, addiction, and multiculturalism in Rent. The musical and film reaches out to people that are considered to be unconventional, giving the message to take pride in who you are and characteristics or qualities that are considered to be disgraceful. The different relationships are used to show there is more than just non-heteronormative relationships, providing a message that taking pride in

Growing up i had a happy life, i had a nice home a perfect family and i was healthy . to me my life was perfect , but at the age of 14 everything turned grey , my sunshine has been replaced by dark bulky clouds that made my life darker and dark by the day . I remember it well it was my freshman year of high school , the day of our homecoming parade i was so excited because i was going to walk with FBLA . As I sat there in class counting down the minutes, the hours till it began i remember feeling incredibly light headed . i couldn't even stand then BAM i collapsed to the floor , my teacher standing over me “ maria ! are you okay can you hear me ??!”

There is no definite explanation for what a happy and healthy life consists of. It is possible to construct a list of qualities that one desires for a “good” life, though many may come from a bad source. Profound philosophers Jean Kazez and Chris Heathwood develop both subjective and objective theories to help define the true meaning of a substantial life. Jean Kazez is responsible for the objective view of well being, where life requires fundamental goods or necessities for a good life. On the other hand, Chris Heathwood explains in a subjective view that satisfying your desires will promote well being. In the movie D’Jango Unchained, two African American men, Stephen and D’Jango, experience contrasting lifestyles and confront each other eventually. During the time period the movie transpires in, it is extremely rare for a African American man to have a “good” life. Most African Americans are slaves, but both Stephen and D’Jango have better lives. Stephen has a bad quality of life, and D’Jango aspires to live a “good” life based on the objective and subjective views of well being.