Lucy In I Am Sam

At the age of 14, Lucy described herself as critical, sarcastic and she also believes that she is rather rebellious. She states that she has always had a problem with authority. Lucy does not seem to understand why this might be. This may have to do with the nature side of her development. When Lucy was 7 years old, she was not willing to back down when others were wrong and she was willing to correct them. A 14 year old Lucy also stated that whenever she knows that she is right and the other person is wrong, she will not allow someone to put her in her place. However, an older Lucy believes that she can take criticism

Lucy continually mentions her altered physical appearance and how that affects her standing with popularity. At a young age she secretly desired all the attention she got due to her sickness. Lucy’s mother describes her as “rather happy about [her illness]” (43) when she explains what happened to the class demonstrating her excitement for attention. She continues to rely on the attention from others through the hospital by allowing the nurses to completely take care of her. As Lucy grows older a new issue occurs, she fears she will never find a boyfriend due to her unattractive physical appearance. This fear seems to control much of her college life young adulthood until she is presented with a surgery that can fix much of the damage done to her face. Ultimately, after she finally receives the face she has waited so long for, Lucy learns “that we can most be ourselves by acting and looking like someone else” implying that the only way to find yourself is to first find who you are not. In conclusion, Lucy discovered that it did not really matter what her physical appearance was as long as she acted like herself on the

Sam escapes her reality and tricks herself into painting this picture of her father to avoid coping with the actuality that he doesn't truly love her.

She realizes that she is left defenseless and that her philosophy and education can not help her in times of great intense physical struggle and difficulty, such as trying to get back home without her other leg and no glasses in order to see (Whitt 78).

Anna is Alice’s oldest daughter; she’s a successful lawyer and is married to Charles, also a lawyer. Anna is strong and fiercely independent just like her mother. Anna deals with her mother’s disease by suggesting that if her mom “thinks for a second” then maybe she’ll be able to remember things (p. 173). Anna, however still makes time to care for her mom when her dad is away.

Lucy Grealy tells a story about not fitting in, unbearable pain that takes up residence in one's head as loneliness and confusion, questioning what things mean, being scared and lost in your family, enduring intense physical pain, and most importantly, figuring out who you are. Lucy had no idea she might die, even though the survival rate for Ewing's sarcoma was only five percent. She does not present her parents as overly afraid for her life, either. Her autobiography is not a story about the fear of death, but about such courage and anguish. Lucy shows how she falls under the spell of her disability, allowing it to control her life and dictate her future to a greater extent than it would otherwise. Having a disability means that

I observed Alaina for greater than one hour while she played with a ten-year-old boy and two younger girls at a local library. The two older children were able to work together and assemble Lego blocks. Alaina was very in tune with what the boy was doing and often followed his lead. Alaina appeared to be annoyed at one point with one of the younger children who took one of her toys. At this point I reminded her that she was the older child and should just let the younger child have the toy, she complied with my directive without becoming upset. This demonstrated emotional maturity which aligns with my research which suggested that 7-year-olds will often appear far more emotionally intelligent when compared to earlier ages (Lee, 2017). We also played checkers and she appeared to be able to think strategically which aligns with Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.

Sam’s mother Sandra is another major character in the story. A word that best describes her is outrageous. The reason for this because Sandra behavior throughout the story is everything overwhelming and insane. she focuses on her son life and what he tries to do and where he decides to stay. In the story, Sandra says, “ Don't come back, you lousy child! just see how well you get along without me!”. This quote illustrates Sandra’s the way she talks Sam is just overwhelming and frustrating because she's in pain and he is as well. both Sam and Sandra are going through a stage of negativity surroundings. This quote also shows that Sandra is stress and over it. having to have her only child to make decisions for himself, like his big is irritating.

The cruelty of children is something we all can relate to, but under the circumstances Lucy was experiencing, it was outright inexcusable. From the boys in the lunchroom, to the drunken men in the railroad dining car, and the "how'd you get so ugly", these instances contributed directly to Lucy’s self-perception. At school her disfigurement causes her to be constantly harassed and she is forced to eat her lunch alone in the career guidance counselor’s office. "I felt safe and secure in that office, but I also felt lonely, and for the very first time I definitively identified the source of my unhappiness as being ugly.” Once after one of her many operations, she has a conversation with a woman who is having a mastectomy. At first, Lucy felt unsympathetic because she saw a breast more hidden than a face. Lucy eventually realizes the woman's

Nobody should be treated unfairly because of race, gender, abilities, disabilities, age, or class. However, Sam is shown this unfairness due to his disability. Since he has the mental capability of a seven year old, Child Protective Services feels that he cannot raise a child. In order to defend their statements on Sam, they claim that Lucy is prohibiting the growth of her knowledge, in order to for her to relate more with her father. Later in the movie they also make the argument that as Lucy furthers her education, she may need assistance that Sam is not able to offer, such as helping her with her readings or algebra homework.

Because Nell’s mother had a stroke and struggled with aphasia, losing the ability to speak properly, Dr. Lovell and other specialists such as Paula, who works with autistic children, came together to come up with the conclusion that Nell picked up her mother’s way of speaking through mimicking; this demonstrated a stage of development – the preparatory stage. Because Nell was so different and unique, people didn’t know how to react. Dr. Paeley, a friend of Paula, considered Nell to be a “wild child” and should be held in an institution for further research and study yet Dr. Lovell sees differently. He sees Nell as a human being and that there’s nothing wrong with her. Just because she acted, lived, and spoke differently does not make her some wild animal.

Lucy and Marlin were on their way home from picking up a pineapple to make her father a pineapple upside down cake when her father wrecked his vehicle into a tree. That was the day Lucy was assumed to never be normal again. Lucy then developed this disorder that causes her to lose her short term memory. Lucy’s friends and family are very protective

Samad views himself as very underappreciated. He thinks he is more intellectually competent than people believe. Although Samad has a lame hand and has been suppressed for much of his life, he believes he is capable of much more than people think. In short: he is very unhappy with the way his life has turned out at this

The movie I am Sam, released on December 3rd, 2001, is a heart-wrenching and tear-jerking movie showing the bond and the love between a father and daughter. Sam Dawson (Sean Penn) becomes the father of Lucy Diamond Dawson (Dakota Fanning), who is named after The Beatles’ song, “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”. Lucy is the product of Sam’s night with a homeless woman, who was just looking for a place to stay. She abandons them immediately after Lucy is born, leaving Sam to raise her on his own. There is a greater issue, however, than Sam being a single father. Sam has a developmental disability, which only allows him to function at the level of a seven year old. As Lucy grows and develops, her mental abilities slowly transcend her father’s.

First of all, Lucy never accepted herself, and denied to admit her broken jaw. There is no doubt that everyone lives in the world has their unique characteristic, same as Lucy. It is unfortunate that Lucy suffered cancer and had a broken jaw. Thinking ourselves into Lucy’s mind, and imagining ourselves into Lucy’s place, Lucy loses her original beauty, being stared curiously in school, public; and being teased by different forms of cruelty include knocking her hat