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Rain Man Psychology

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“KMart sucks!” This very short sentence was one of the most meaningful lines said by Raymond in the movie Rain Man starring Tom Cruise(Charlie) and Dustin Hoffman(Raymond). This line represents more than it says. It shows the ability to learn and grow of those who are considered ‘disabled.’ Rain Man shows several psychological views. It also shows the life and struggles of those with autism and savant syndrome. This film is full of psychology and emotion and growth. Charlie’s father passes away, but Charlie is only left with his father’s car and collection of rose bushes. Where Charlie’s father’s money went to a person, which according to the will, cannot be named for Charlie. After some searching around Charlie found out it was his long lost brother, Raymond. Raymond suffered with autism his whole life and his father put him into an institution right after their mother passed away. Charlie was very greedy, and thought that he deserved at least $1.5 million too. So the most logical thing that Charlie …show more content…

Actually there are hardly any movies that portray real life as it would happen. Rain Man is not quite an exception to the previous statement. Raymond Babbit is based off of a person in real life; this man’s name was Kim Peek. Kim Peek had also developed autism and savant syndrome just like Raymond had. The theories represented are portrayed almost perfectly. Raymond does have a lack of understanding of emotion and he does show an aptitude of high memory and arithmetic skills. What is not so on point in this great film is the road trip. What is surprising and inaccurate is that Charlie was basically able to kidnap his own brother out of an institution. Even in the 80’s there still would have been security that would have stopped Charlie and Raymond from ever leaving the building. Besides for the ‘kidnapping’ scenario this movie accurately portrays the psychology as it

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