Girl Interrupted Movie Analysis

A new and alarming trend that has been occurring in American society is the increase of violence committed by young women. The documentary Girlhood offers an insight on the emotional, psychological, and social reasoning behind the girl’s actions. Girlhood focuses on the life of two young juveniles, Shanae Owens and Megan Jensen both incarcerated for violent crimes. Shanae and Megan both experienced similar circumstances that yielded different outcomes. They were followed for a period of about three years which allowed viewers to really see what kind of role the justice system, family and peers have on the success of an at risk juvenile.

The film starts with the story of 22 year old Burbank raised Dethy. She is one that is thirsty for fame and attention. She gets thrills being a part of Hollywood’s social life. Sadly, Dethy is a “fame hungry wannabe” who uses drugs as a “socializing help”. She has been trying to “make it” in Hollywood since her mid-teens and has gained nothing but many drug addictions. The hunger for fame and drug use began when Dethy was only a teenager when her doctor diagnosed her with bipolar disorder.

In class we viewed documentary titled Girlhood, the film surrounded two teenage girls named Megan and Shanae. Both of the girls have been in the system for years, Megan has been in and out of juvenile detention centers and foster homes for years and is incarcerated this time for attacking one of the other youth at her foster home with a box cutter. Shanae was incarcerated at the tender age of 11 for stabbing a “friend” to death during a fight. The film focuses on getting to know the girls personalities, family history, the journey of their rehabilitation and overall how they ended up in the situations that they are currently in. It also captures the girls in a different light (their funny personalities, them being hopeful, intelligent, and just needing support) instead of just portraying them as juvenile criminals who were just terrible people.

At the beginning of the film/movie, it started with the ant colony picking and providing food for the grasshoppers. They operate by traditional agricultural labor. This film/movie shows an illustration of an economy that relies on the workers to do the labor because there is a scarcity of resources so they need to maintain the amount of food for the colony. This economy is based on a traditionalist economy. They stick to the way things have been for quite some time. There was never any thought of doing anything new because that could cause a huge amount of risk when it comes disrupting the way things have been smoothly running. The ants in the movie run/work off a rank system. Depending on their rank depends on what they do. There is the queen

Suzanna is the main character of the movie. She is voluntarily sent to the mental hospital because she was found chasing a bottle of aspirin with vodka in attempts to kill herself. Melvin which is the doctor in the movie diagnosis Suzanna with borderline personality disorder. She is admitted to the hospital where she meets some other patients from the facility. The first patient Suzanna meets is her roommate Georgina, who claims to be able to have people killed by her father who was previously a part of the CIA. Lisa is the second who comes in by police escort, she has previously lived at the mental hospital. Lisa is very negative and encourages the other patients to do things they are they are not suppose too. Daisy is another patient in the hospital, she addicted to Colace and chicken, but is

While watching this film it truly opened my eye to the violence that occurs to females. I know this issue has been around, but never realized the severity of it until this film. My knowledge prior to watching is that women is not treated with the same respect as men. In society women are viewed as the weaker gender and violence towards them are usually swept under the rug and not seem as a big deal. I am aware that women usually do not report the issue because they are afraid. What was most surprising to me is that in third world countries violence such as rape, are not even considered to be serious. The higher authorities are aware that rape occurs, but usually do nothing about the situation. Men can simply get away with their acts because

Five students from very different backgrounds meet on a Saturday for detention with their principal. The contrasting group includes the athlete, Andrew (Emilio Estevez), the princess Claire (Molly Ringwald), basket case Allison (Ally Sheedy), brain Brian (Anthony Michael Hall), and criminal John (Judd Nelson). The principal assigns them an essay on “who you think you are,” and leaves them to do it. During this time each of them has a chance to finally tell his or her story, making the other see them a little differently. When the day ends they question if school will ever be the same (Carroll).

The film is a comedy about three women seeking justice after their husbands became successful and divorced them for younger women. Brenda, Elise, Cynthia and Annie were close friends in college, but after graduation from Middlebury, they lost touch with one another for 27 years. When Cynthia committed suicide after her ex-husband married a much younger mistress, the other three women met at her funeral for the first time since college. Seeing that their friend grew unhappy after her husband left her for a younger woman, they found themselves in the similar situation.

1) This movie is mainly about a sixteen-year-old kid named Craig Gilner. Craig is a young kid who comes from a pretty normal family, has friends, goes to school and has slightly a social life, but yet still suffers a psychological disorder recognized as depression. This disorder Craig is battling with gets him afraid he force commit suicide, so he seeks advice by going to a psychiatric facility having the mindset that he is ordered some drugs or at most treated that same day. Little did he know that he was running to be checked into the facility and had a minimum of 5 days before he could be discharged. While in this facility he encountered different types of people that helped him through his problems that also resonated with him helping

In a society where mental illness and unconventional actions often appeal to negative connotations, such issues maintain pessimism when dispensed into film texts. Departing from the conventional, Craig Gillespie inserts compassion and acceptance into his 2007 film, Lars and the Real Girl, offering an optimistic presentation of society when challenged by the unusual, and likewise, a world in which the ultimate health of an individual outweighs the momentary discomfort of a community. Although limited to a conditioned audience, Gillespie effectively conveys his alternative perspective through language and stylistic features. The romantic script of Lars and the Real Girl illustrates the power of empathy and compassion in healing internal wounds.

When reading the first couple of pages of the short story, I concluded that the story was taking place back in the day because of the price of the herring snacks (464). I would never find herring for 49 cents. I was able to relate to the situation of the boy when the lady got mad when he rang up the item wrong. I work at a grocery store so I am able to relate to people getting made when you ring up an item twice. They get very mad and act like it’s the end of the world. I found it rude that Sammy called the girls pale and chunky even though he did not mean any harm to call the girls that (461). The girls did not have a name so they made of ones. When Sammy describes the girls that he sees, it reminds me of the movie “Mean Girls” because of

There are many building blocks that come together to make a company what it is. Strategy is what helps to determine if a company’s actions are going to make it a success or a failure. Synectics is a new way of problem solving that allows a group to evaluate solutions they might otherwise not have realized to be a solution. Together, these two building blocks can help a company move toward being a successful one. All that I need to know about strategy, I can learn from an analysis of the movie Mean Girls.

The movie, Girl, Interrupted, displays Susanna Kaysen’s eighteen-month stay at a mental institute in the 1960s. This film was an adaptation of a book based on a true story of the main character and author Susanna Kaysen. Susanna was checked into Claymore, a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts, after chasing a bottle of aspirin with a bottle of vodka. At first, Susanna denies this blatant attempt at suicide and constantly struggles with uncertainty of her thoughts and emotions. Although Girl, Interrupted exhibits several mental disorders one of the most prevalent disorder of this film is Susanna’s Borderline Personality Disorder. This film depicts majority of the signs and symptoms of a person with Borderline Personality. As stated in the textbook, “the lives of persons with borderline personality are marked by instability. Their relationships are unstable, their behavior is unstable, their emotions are unstable, and even their images of themselves are unstable” (Larsen and Buss 593). Susanna’s romantic relationships are extremely unstable and she frequently engages in casual sex. She jumps from one guy to another in a matter of few weeks. One scene that establishes this the most is when her boyfriend at the time comes to visit her at Claymore and expresses his true feelings for her and she instantly withdraws. He asked her to go to Canada with him and she turns him down immediately. She also kisses Lisa who she befriends at the mental institute, displaying a switch of

Girl, Interrupted (1999) directed by James Mangold is largely based on a semi- autobiographical book by the same title. The movie chronicles eighteen year old Susanna Kaysen’s experiences surrounding her stay at a mental institution. It is 1967, a time of social change and unrest. Susanna makes a half-heart attempt at suicide, ingesting a bottle of aspirin and chasing the pills with a bottle of vodka. She is taken to the emergency room, her stomach is pumped and she survives. Afterwards she meets with a psychologist who explores her more recent feelings and experiences. The psychologist concludes, with her parents assent, that she would benefit from a stay at Claymore, a private mental institution. The next year and nine months forever

Based off of Kathryn Stockett’s 2009 novel, The Help is a movie told from an African American’s point of view during the early 1960’s in Jackson, Mississippi. The three main characters include, Aibileen Clark, Minny Jackson, and Eugenia (Skeeter) Phelan. Skeeter is a young writer who has recently returned from the University of Mississippi. She has been advised by the Elaine Stein, who is the head editor at Harper & Row, to write about a topic she is passionate about, that way she can continue her dream of becoming a serious writer. In addition, Skeeter accepts a writing job down at the Jackson Journal where she writes a housekeeping column. Ironically, she has no housekeeping experience as she grew up with in house help. In order to keep her job she goes to Aibileen, her friend Elizabeth Leefolt’s housekeeper. At this point in her life, Aibileen is just trying to get by. She writes out her prayers on a daily basis as a way to clear her mind since she is fairly reserved on the outside. On the contrary, Aibileen’s friend Minny is also a housekeeper, but she has a rather sharp tongue which doesn’t usually work in her favor. Consequently, she is trying to find a new employer, but is having trouble since there is a bit of discord between her and the most influential socialite in Jackson, Mississippi.