Regarding Henry Analysis

During the movie, Regarding Henry, Henry goes through a traumatic accident that alters his personality. Before the accident, Henry was very mean to everyone, including his own wife and daughter. After the accident, Henry forgot everything about normal human behavior. He could not move his arms, nor could he speak. Because of this, Henry had to learn how to accomplish tasks in the same manner as he once was able to. This goes to prove that Henry’s natural state is his id, and throughout the movie, it becomes clear that his superego is learned. Once Henry begins to learn how he used to act, he reverts back to his child-like id.

Henry’s confidence does not last for a long time. The realities of the battle become a reality and cause his fear and doubt to reappear. Henry goes from being happy because he was able to fight the enemy in the first battle to being anxious at the beginning of a second

“Give me liberty, or give me death!” -Patrick Henry. This quote represents how the colonists wants freedom from Britain and the taxes. They would rather die than to not get liberty. The colonists and patriots had many issues with Great Britain. The British Parliament gave out acts like the Stamp Act and Townshend acts that made the colonists pay many taxes. They wanted to rebel and break away from Great Britain. The patriots decided to declare independence from Britain because of the Battle of Bunker Hill and high taxes that were imposed.

Henry was a normal boy and did all of the normal things young boys do: making noise, being busy and active, nosing around in the refrigerator, and asking questions - all part and parcel of being a normal child. But he was brought up to believe he wasn't a "model boy." His parents were constantly interrupted by him - his mother while she was reading and grading papers, and his father so much so that he spent most of his time in his office on campus, joining them only at mealtimes. His father wished to remain "blissfully unaware."

By comparing the “majesty of heaven” to “earthly kings”, Henry is appealing to ethos, or the audience’s concept of ethics.

After the Vietnam War, Henry was crazy and unstable. For instance, when Henry was watching television and he bit through his lip with blood pouring everywhere (977). The blood was getting on his bread every time he took a bite, but because of his lost ability to think straight Henry doesn’t even flinch as blood pours everywhere. Also, at the end of the story Henry snaps on his brother Lyman. He punches Lyman, which leads to a fight ended by the laughing of Henry (980). During the fight with Lyman, the extent of Henry’s mental changed, to turn on a family member and physically strike him. Henry illustrates how crazy he is when he jumps in to the river all of the sudden to “cool off”(981). This action by Henry ends his craziness and his life.

One example is during the dance, when Henry and Rafas, a member of the Downey Gang, get into a fight, Henry eventually gains the upper hand and Rafas is at his mercy, however, instead of harming him, Henry just tells him to leave. Then, Bertha, Henry’s old girlfriend says “The old Hank would have slit Rafas’ belly like a fat pig.” (Valdez 47). This shows that Henry used to be much more ruthless than he was in the play. This is because he realizes that any violence that he does, no matter how small, will come up again, and could stop him from joining the military or from getting a decent job after the war. Because he realized this, he began to think about what effect his actions may have on his future. Another example is when Henry decided to back out of the appeal (Valdez 70). Instead of fighting the racist and corrupt justice system that put him in jail, Henry thought that, by accepting the punishment, he would be viewed as more American, and perhaps he would get out of jail early for good behavior. When Henry decided that he was going to join the navy he was thinking about his future as well. In the play Henry says, “I was all set to come back a hero, see? Me la rayo. For the first time in my life I really thought Hank Reyna was going someplace.” (Valdez 30). Henry knew that the only way he could gain respect from the police and the white Americans was by

Moreover, another event from the movie that shows his (CD) is his attempt to kill his mother. After running away from her in the woods and hiding, he tries to push his mother of a cliff. This plan was once again stopped by Mark. This ultimately led to Henrys death. This shows just how maladaptive or out of touch with the world Henry was. As I pointed out earlier, Henry was a very intelligent and manipulative child. He convinced his parents and other elders around him to believe that he was the perfect child and tried turning them against his cousin Mark. He even had Mark’s doctor believing that Mark had a problem. According to (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 12/10/09) both of these events are characteristics of (CD).

In chapter nineteen, “The youth stared at the land in front of him. Its foliage now seemed to veil powers and horrors” (Crane 118). Henry has changed and sees things in a new perspective. He now understand why the other soldiers did not flee from battles and what their wounds signified. In chapter twenty two, Henry was “deeply absorbed as a spectator” with “serene self-confidence.” In earlier battles Henry was timid and now he is fighting on the front line with the other soldiers. Eventually though, Henry faces internal conflict in chapter twenty three. He believes life is not worth living because of his shameful retreat

All through the movie there are scenes showing Henry’s id coming out. This mostly happens after he has his head injury. For example after he had physical therapy and was getting better, he made friends with his personal trainer named Brad. So when it was time for him to leave the hospital he got mad because he didn't want to leave Brad. This is his id because henry doesn't really think about it, he just

He is a very close character but he is also the leader of the debating group. Henry applies past knowledge to new situations, for example the way he was living and the struggle he goes through to create good arguments which help him, win all those debates. He also has a very sad side, another example is when he saw and African American being burned in the middle of the road which made him really sad and cause him to drink alcohol. His prior knowledge about the life he has makes him a great and intelligent

It manifests with Henry’s childlike state when he awakes from his long coma. It then manifests with him being immediate and unconditional friend to his physical trainer much like a child to his mother. Henrys Id again shows in his acceptance of mistakes. When Henrys daughter spills juice again in front of Henry, Henry immediately tells her that its ok and that he also make mistakes. This is the kind of immediate forgiveness that is usually found more in children, because they are ignorant to the damage that certain mistakes may cause. Henrys positive Id also springs up when he buys a puppy on a whim because it brings him happiness. Later he even stands on top of a bench in the city and kisses his wife because he is so in love with her and doesn't have a learned superego to tell him that he is uncomfortable with said

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