Silver Linings Playbook Psychology

The film I chose to analyze is Silver Linings Playbook because I was interested in the story when I read the synopsis of the movie. I thought that this would be a simple movie where the main characters would help each other because they had something in common. Reading the synopsis, I also thought that Pat would be back together with his wife, but at the end he found another love. In the next paragraphs I will show my knowledge on what I have learned this semester. On my analysis of Silver Linings, I will give examples that has the concept of language, nonverbal communication, listening, emotions, conflict, and close relationships.

Of all the movies I have seen over the years "The Notebook" is my all-time favorite. Normally, I wouldn't have picked that genre because I am not a fan of romantic movies. However, the story line is so genuine and passionate from the beginning to the end that it captured my heart instantly.

Meanwhile, desperate to contact his ex-wife, he meets a woman named Tiffany Maxwell, who happens to play a huge role in Pat's future. Pat had been invited to an old friend's house for dinner where he met her; Tiffany's sister was a good friend of Nikki. In a round about way, the main character, Pat, uses Tiffany to reach out to Nikki through means of a letter, but not without agreeing to be a partner in an upcoming dance competition. In the end Pat and Tiffany fall in love.

Personality disorders are the maladaptive way of thinking and behaving that can interfere with the individuals’ personal relationships and their integration to society. An individual who suffers from a personality disorder would typically behave and think outside of the societies’ norms. Although, there are ten personality disorders, in this essay we will be analyzing and focusing on the borderline personality disorder and its portrayal in the popular film, Silver Linings Playbook.

In the novel, the characters seem to break each other’s hearts in sort of a domino or cycle pattern and it’s all focused on one character. This character is Charlie and he has had a crush on one girl named Sam for the entirety of the book since she is introduced, but he’s very nervous and shy when he is around her. After he begins to get comfortable around Sam, she begins to realize that he is interested in her. Even Though she leads him on by kissing him, Sam isn’t actually interested in Charlie the way that he thinks she is. Sam only sees a friendship in Charlie, while he sees more and he -wants to be with her. Sam claims that there is an age gap that makes her believe that she couldn’t be with him. While Sam sees this age gap and uses it as an excuse, her friend, Mary Elizabeth, likes Charlie and wants to be with him. Charlie thinks that Mary Elizabeth is a very pretty girl, but she doesn’t measure up to Sam. once Charlie and Mary Elizabeth have officially

The interaction between the couple of people would have never happened if they didn’t take an interest in the gun that Pattyn was holding in her hand. Everyone, which includes of Brent, Melina, Justin and Derek were all having fun, but in the corner of their eyes they see Tiffany is acting like a total brat. “She shifted from foot to foot. C’mon, Justin.” (Hopkins 88) Tiffany was getting mad because Justin was too close to Pattyn. But honestly everyone else was having a good time and Justin wasn’t going to take as he said something rude to Tiffany. “Fuck you, bitch. This is fun.” (Hopkins 89) After a while, is when Derek started to flirt with her and after that everything became a roller coaster. Through sharing their first kiss to sharing their first out raged fight everything in between being Pattyn’s first time and personally I think it was with the wrong guy. She experienced sexual thoughts and she fell into a fascination that the love she had for Derek would be perfect. It was, till her broke up with her, and went back to Carmen. Pattyn ended up breaking a window and punching Carmen square in the nose. What a drama queen! I told myself while reading.

I chose to do my analysis on the character Pat Solitano, from the movie Silver Lining Playbook. This movie is a romantic comedy that takes place in Philadelphia. This movie is about a middle-aged man who has lost everything, his job, his wife, and his house. He has spent the last eight months in a mental institution, and has recently been released to his parents. Upon entry to the mental institution Pat almost beat his wife’s lover to death. So, throughout the entire movie pat is trying to win the affection of his wife back, by trying to better himself, and show her that he has his anger under control. This is difficult because Pat’s wife has placed a restraining order on him, so he can have no actual contact with her. So, she has no

“The kids don’t need a clown to scare them – their parents are villainous enough”(Nicolauo). The film IT is relatively horrifying at times and a generally happy character, which in this instance presents itself as a clown, turns out to be a viscous, shape-shifting monster instead. However, a closer look reveals an evil far more terrifying being that hits close to home for the majority of the Losers Club. The majority of the adults within the movie IT show their children the true evils of the world and those scars will always burn deeper than a clown’s ever could.

Like any relationship, the people that surround the individual (Theodore) have some sort of a perspective in regards to the relationship. The character of Catherine has a very negative, almost antagonistic perspective on Theodore’s relationship with Samantha. Like most antagonists, Catherine also has a motivation for her perspective and her actions thereof. The main reason behind her negative perspective is the fact that she is Theodore’s ex-wife. Although the reason behind Theodore and Catherine’s divorce is not mentioned directly in the film, Theodore does tell Samantha that he thinks that he may have hid himself from her (Catherine) and “left her alone in the relationship.” The idea that an individual’s fear of social acceptance influences their behavioural tendencies as they begin to question their identity, is very apparent in this film because Theodore is shown to express these traits very briefly after his divorce signing meeting with Catherine. While having lunch with her, Theodore is informing Catherine about how he is dating an operating system (Samantha), but before he can finish what he is saying, Catherine cuts him off and says, “Wait. You’re dating your computer?” By doing this, she immediately degrades the relationship that Theodore and Samantha share, and makes an already insecure person with very low self-esteem (Theodore), doubt the only thing that has given him a reason to live. Catherine then out of spite informs a waitress that she used to be married Theodore but, “he couldn’t handle me so he wanted to put me on Prozac.” Which she then tops off by saying that Theodore is “madly in love with his laptop.” To emphasize the impact of these lines on Theodore, the frame changes from a two-shot to a close up of Theodore’s face where the audience can actually see the impact of each word on Theodore’s face. Because of Catherine’s words,

I. Shows that they are trying to show each other how they are preoccupied so that they will not have a reason to talk to each other.

Kate is the only person in the play that never lets go of the thought of Larry. She brings an essence of sadness of the death of her one son. Chris tries to tell Kate, “I’ve let him go. I’ve let him go a long [time ago].” It has been a couple of years since the death of her son, and she has yet to put it behind her. It is tougher on others because of her unrelenting thought of Larry. Chris and Ann were in love before they even knew it. They made a plan of getting married but the thought of telling Kate keeps their decision at bay. The plan was for Ann and Larry to get married after his return. Kate insists the proposed marriage will occur. Chris will also never get approval from his mother, thus making his marriage obsolete. Kate also greatly affects her husband Joe. She keeps Joe thinking about the twenty one soldiers that he killed because of his defective parts. Joe tries to forgive himself for the terrible mistake he caused years back. Kate reminds Joe that her son Larry could have been one of those soldiers in the sky. Joe tries to assure himself that Larry was never on one of the planes flown with the damaged engines he made, but Kate keeps pounding the suggestion into his head. The thought of killing his own son tore apart Joe’s mental stability. Through Kate’s unyielding remembrance of her long lost son, she started to greatly affect those around her.

“Men and women can't be friends, because sex always gets in the way”, is the main theme of the movie “When Harry met Sally”. The script is a good example of the interpersonal communication ten stage model by Mark Knapp. This developmental model entails the stages of a relationship from it’s infancy to an ending. In the movie we can clearly identify all ten stages of this model.

The second half of the relational model is called the “coming apart” stages, which consists of: differentiating, circumscribing, stagnating, avoiding, and lastly terminating. During the differentiating stage the relationship will start to be more individual, it will start to fade and the bond will be broken. After that comes the circumscribing stage during which the individuals won’t communicate because of the fear of starting an argument. The stage where relationships never improve or continue is called stagnating. After this point the individuals enter the avoiding stage, where the avoid any physical contact

It can be postulated that the Joker is in fact an individual who has become fixated on one of these stages; more specifically the oral stage. This hypothesis stems from the observation that he consistently licks his lips through the duration of the film. Freud's theory would suggest that he does this as a way to feel pleasure or comfort. For instance, during the interrogation scene with Batman it is evident that the Joker is anxious and constantly licks his lips, perhaps as a way to diminish his feeling of anxiety ( De La Noy & Nolan, 2008). The question that remains is why is the joker fixated at this stage? Could it be due to his traumatic experience? Does the pleasure associated with this horrible experience have anything to do with his psychopathic nature? Unfortunately, the responses to these questions are entirely based on the different interpretations each individual has and, therefore; the true answers may never be known.

Psychologically, there is a war going on in everyone's head to do what is right, or to do what is wrong, which is all together a juvenile concept. Tennessee Williams, in the Glass Menagerie, illustrates some relatable characters. Williams seems to have created Tom, one of the main characters, in his own likeness, since they have similar family members and attitudes toward life. Often times, people try to find happiness in what small things they can so that they can go throughout their days. They smoke, drink, get on their phones, and etc, and a lot of times these things distract people from doing what they are suppose to do. The author of this play creates a story that depicts what many people do on a daily basis, by showing the audience through