Another “disorder” Pat may have is called obsessive love disorder. While is can be related to obsessional jealousy, it is still its own category. His love for Nikki is very central to the plot line of the movie. He is obsessed with getting her back; so far as to wear a garbage bag while working out to lose weight and is also reading the books from the list she assigned to her students. The only reason he initially helped out Tiffany was because she said she could get a letter to Nikki for him. This excited him and made him eager to dance with Tiffany. He was constantly talking about Nikki, whether it be to Tiffany, his parents, or even his brother. Pat constantly tried to show her he changed, even down to the ending when he said doing the
Once he was released, Pat lived with his parents since his wife still had a restraining order on him. In various scenes, we see ways in which Pat is expansive in his thoughts about getting back together with his wife, Nikki. He also became extremely joyful when he felt like things were going in a step in the right direction on his mission to win back his wife, and grew particularly irritable otherwise. Scarred by the moment he found Nikki having an affair with their wedding song playing, Pat develops hallucinations about the song causing him to hear it even when it wasn’t on. Hearing the song, whether it was actually playing or only playing in his head enraged Pat, causing him to experience a manic episode. Pat’s excessive optimism about getting back together with his wife caused him to have irrational thoughts, which drove him to make poor judgments and partake in reckless behavior like when he broke his
Jealousy and manipulation are dominant themes in Mean Girls, a movie directed by Mark Waters. The theme plays a major role in defining many of the characters. Throughout the movie, the protagonist Cady Heron, is especially impacted by the power of jealousy.
Based on class lectures (Trainor, 2014), I would diagnose Pat with Bipolar I disorder. The main requirement for this diagnosis is a Manic episode. One manic episode is described when Pat caught his wife and another man having an affair. He beat the man, and then he was arrested and taken to the hospital. He remained in the hospital for several months. Prior to this event, he felt that his wife and the
Jealousy, it is what gets the best and, of course, the worst of people. Iago in Shakespeare's play "Othello" is one of the worst villains out there. Other villains, such as Scar in Disney's "The Lion King", Jafar in Disney's "Aladdin", and Mother Gothel from Disney's "Tangled" have closely related motives and jealous personalities. All four betray and kill for reasons they believe are going to further the lives they intend to lead after their master plans. The stem of the jealousy roots from never having enough power and feeling inferior.
Based on this, we saw how Tiffany and Pat’s unconscious affects their disorders in a psychodynamic perspective. Their genetics, childhood experiences, and Big Five personality traits explain the biological and trait perspectives of their disorder. Finally, the sociocultural perspectives on their disorders are the effects of their environmental experiences, and look at the environmental factors. I believe the theoretical approaches can be used to look at Pat and Tiffany’s personalities by accurately giving a description of who they are, and why they are who they
Released in the summer of 1994, the movie “When a Man Loves a Women” produced by Touchstone Pictures’ producer Jon Avnet created a film that touches on a female alcoholic. This film included stars like Meg Ryan, Andy Garcia, and Lauren Tom. An airline pilot played by Garcia as Michael and his wife Alice portrayed by Ryan are forced to deal with her alcoholism. Within this family it includes that of her two children and the nanny (Lauren Tom). The film offers several hinting scenes to Alice’s addiction. Alcoholism is a disease of denial, the movie focuses on not only the alcoholic but those around her that deny and have even grown accustomed to her drinking.
Divorce is common in the United States; remarriage is just as common. As a result many marriages result in a blended family. A family in which both of the parents have children from previous marriages. Often the blended family shares a permanent residence. Clair Cartwright and Kerry Gibson state in their 2013 report, The effects of co-parenting relationships with ex-spouses on couples in step-families, that in the United States in 2008, around 9% of households and around 12% of cohabiting households were blended families ( Teachman & Tedrow, 2008). A blended family is an excellent place to observe symbolic interaction theory.
Her first appearance in the film takes place at her sister’s home. She is wearing all black and as her sister gives a tour of her new house, Tiffany feels the need to add cynical jokes after each new entity that is presented. This can be interpreted as Tiffany being both depressed and pessimistic. During dinner, Tiffany abruptly stands up and asks Pat Jr. to walk her home. As they arrive to their destination, Tiffany lets Pat know that she is interested in having sexual intercourse. Patrick refuses the sex and is shocked when Tiffany reacts by crying hysterically. Following the episode of tears, she stands up tall, slaps Pat across the face and storms inside leaving him extremely confused. This sequence of actions proves that Tiffany suffers from intense mood swings, acts on impulse and has no regard on whether or not she could have seriously injured
In the play, Othello, jealousy and envy are prominent themes from the beginning to the end. As the play starts to unwind, you can see jealousy is the major cause of all the drama in the play. Jealousy or envy is a feeling of discontented or resentful longing by someone else’s possessions , qualities or luck. Iago becomes engulfed by jealousy and it causes him to corrupt Othello. They are two men that cause similar crimes but we sympathize for Othello and hate Iago because they have different attitudes towards their crime.
The novel A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, follows the life of a young Gene Forrester and his friend Phineas. The boys’ antics get them into numerous rigorous and life-threatening situations and furthermore let them learn about each other's true nature. A Separate Peace’s plot can easily be compared to the Shakespearian quote; “Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.”. This mere sentence can easily summarise the jealousy that Gene holds towards his friend. Gene’s jealousy is mostly for Phineas’s impeccable ability to get away with his risky stunts without punishment while still remaining completely humble. In the end, Gene’s jealousy of Phineas dilutes his view of him as a person and companion. Gene believes Phineas to be a conniving manipulator when in reality, he was genuinely a down to earth boy. Throughout the novel, copious relations to the quote are littered among the text and ultimately carry the story from start to finish.
“Hey Brianna, meet me at 12:00 a.m. in the cafeteria so we can discuss what happened in class today.
There are many actions the characters make in the book The Compound. For example, Eli tricked his brother, Eddy, into going with their grandma to go get Eddy's meds so Eli could get the first airplane ride. This action shows some competition and maybe a little jealousy. Some jealousy because Eddy always got to do things first and was popular. Eli wanted to be the head of the show this time. Because he did this, it caused Eddy and their grandma to be left out of the compound (Bodeen, 2008, p. 2). If Eli didn’t act like this, the entire family would be in the compound. There are many things that can be learned from this like, in life it is important to be nice to siblings because the next day they could be gone.
Human nature is notorious for its trait of jealousy. One may grow hostile when he desperately seeks another’s possession or talent. This statement is evident in the character of Gene from John Knowles’ A Separate Peace. Throughout the story, he is jealous because his friend, Finny, has exceptional athletic ability. After one regretful action from Gene, Finny starts facing tough circumstances, eventually separating them. A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Gene demonstrates how envy can tear friendships apart.
At dinner with his friends, Pat meets Veronica 's sister Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence). It’s evident that sparks fly between Pat and Tiffany and she tries to connect with him but Pat’s only focus is getting back together with Nikki. Tiffany tries to get closer to Pat and even offers to deliver a letter to Nikki, but only if he will be her dance partner in an upcoming dance competition. He agrees to this as he believes the competition will be a good way to show Nikki that he has changed. The two begin a rigorous practice regimen over the following weeks.
In addition to setting impossible standards to require approval, inauspicious friends can make one feel inferior about oneself and in turn, create feelings of resentment towards the self and a desire to never change one’s identity. In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dorian Gray becomes quickly dissatisfied after talking to Lord Henry about his fleeting youth and beauty. Afterwards, Basil announces he has finished Dorian’s portrait and Dorian reacts by asserting that the painting makes him jealous and mocks him:“I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me” (Wilde 28). Wilde insinuates that Dorian feels jealousy towards the painting, because Lord Henry makes him feel guilty about the inevitability