What About Bob Analysis

In the film What about Bob, the movie starts off with Bob Willey sitting in bed telling himself “I feel great, I feel good, and I feel wonderful.” Without these words of encouragement he wouldn’t make it through day. Bob Wiley is quite the interesting character; he suffers from so many disorders. First he is faced with ongoing anxiety issues throughout the movie. Anxiety disorder is when a “person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal,” which describes Bob’s character perfectly.

This poem tells the story of two boys, David and Bobbie, and how one day changed their lives forever. The poem opens with the two boys on a summer job in the mountains near the Banff-Lake Louise area.¹ Almost everyday David and Bobbie would climb the mountains surrounding the camp they were staying at. The first afternoon of September, David and Bobbie try to climb the overhang that they’ve been seeing all summer long named “the Finger”. About an hour into the climb, Bobbie got distracted and lost his footing on the rock and called out to David for help. David grabbed Bobbie’s arm to help him get steady, but before he could say anything, David’s foothold crumbled and he fell down. Bobbie then climbed the 50 feet down to the ledge on which David fell. David was alive but in poor condition saying that he can’t move or feel any pain. David then said that

This would have help Rebecca plan many activities ahead of time to make a smoother transition for Bob. Although the limited information was given to Rebecca, she did a good job gathering her information. The knowledge on Bob’s home environment will truly help Rebecca make a behavior intervention plan that will help Bob succeed academically.

Set during the Great Depression, Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curits is a award-winning novel about an on-the-run orphan’s quest to find his “real father”. Through an analysis of this text using the Council of Chief State School Officers’ text complexity rubric, I have concluded that this text is easy of students to swallow but difficult to digest (cite the rubric; see Appendix A). By this, I mean that the text itself is not difficult to read or to understand on the surface; however, in order to understand the richness of the text, students must have access to a wide variety of cultural and historical background knowledge of the Great Depression, as well as the ability to decode abstract and figurative language. I came to this conclusion

But later Cherry and Randy explain that Bob was actually a decent guy, well when he wasn't drunk. The only thing he wanted was for his parents to for once say no to him. But that never

Now days our culture has become increasingly integrated and more accepting of racial diversity. This means there are situations that may arise through, school, and jobs, cross cultural relationships or interracial dating where one may find themselves in an environment where the people and the culture is much different from their own. To prevent awkward moments, miss understandings or altercations that could jeopardize relationships, I have compiled a list of rules and norms for black barbeques/cookouts for my Caucasian friends and those who might attending one of these occasions as a minority.

During their conference with Alexi Darling, the Buzzline supervisor, Joanne sees Maureen flirting with another woman. Outside, after being scolded by Joanne, Maureen proposes to her, and Joanne accepts. Forward to their engagement party, where Maureen flirts with yet another woman. Angry, Joanne threatens to leave her, while Maureen becomes angry at Joanne for "making" her be too monogamous They then walk out on each other. Benny has repossessed all of Roger's and Mark's things, but it is revealed that Mimi later had dinner with Benny and he had changed his mind. Roger finds out, and believes that she is cheating on him with Benny. Mimi resumes her drug habit and falls into a state of despair, while Angel gets progressively sicker and eventually dies

Societal assimilation for vietnam veterans is like climbing Mount Everest without any prior knowledge and proper supplies, irrational and unreasonable. Societal assimilation for anyone is a difficult task to accomplish, but for a vietnam veteran, the difficulty of the situation is increased one-hundred times more. Many vietnam veterans are exposed to society and to the world without any prior knowledge of it, or not enough information for them, to the point where they can easily integrate back into society. Societal assimilation is one of the many things that gradually cause displacement in Vietnam veterans when it comes to being a stable member in society.

Unfortunately, if Dr. Leo Marvin could have been set up for failure as Bob’s previous therapist did not disclose the severity of Bob’s diagnosis and patterns of behavior.

Before seeing Dr. Marvin, Bob has been subject to a variety of therapies. The most noticeable therapy being drug therapy. Bob talks about having Valium, Halcyon, and Seconol, all anti-anxiety drugs and all indicative of biological therapy. Bob also seems familiar with psychodynamic therapy from his "free associations from childhood" he does for Dr. Marvin. The main therapy focus seems to be on "Baby Steps" therapy, which is similar to desensitization - take small steps in order to overcome big fears. Dr. Marvin also attempts some cognitive therapy by giving Bob a prescription to "take a vacation from his problems." This is supposed to allow Bob to change the way he thinks about his problems so that they are not a crisis any longer and he can just forget about them, because he is on vacation from those problems. Bob also attempts some of his own therapies. "I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful" repeated over and over again by Bob is his own attempt at cognitive therapy and changing the way he thinks about how he feels. Bob also uses behavioral therapy in exposing himself to water by sailing. Granted, he is chained to the boat and is wearing a life preserver, but he is learning to desensitize

Usually when people become famous and gain all the attention and money in the world, they change as a person, most in a bad way and very few in a good way. Bob did not change much he was still the good person he was before he was famous and used his money and fame for

What About Bob is a movie about a man who has many psychological problems. He is not the only one with problems though. The movie What About Bob? shows many psychological disorders in a comedic light. From Agoraphobia, or the fear of open spaces, to Paranoid Personality Disorder. This causes people to suffer paranoia or have a relentless mistrust and suspicion of anybody other than themselves, normally when there is no reason to fear or be suspicious of anyone at all. Most of the characters in the movie express at least one major psychological disorder, and some even express two or more.

Bob is now unable to comprehend what has just happened and is angered. This causes the friendship to become very tense and a conflict arises between the two.

psychiatrist, who is trying to help him; although, throughout the entirety of the film he tends to

The negative self- cencept created by accusations of lying and the physical altercations/ lack of realtionship with his brothers could lead to a dimished sense of self- worth, leading to Bob’s feelings of depression. Murdock wrote that “depression, for example, would be seen as probably involving a negative self concept that resulted from an excess of conditions of worth” (159). This indicates that Bob’s negative sense of worth could absolutely be the cause of his depressive tendancies, as well as his constant state of sadness. This sadness and anxiety (as mentioned above, where Bob sees where his problems are affecting his relationships) are the cause of his inability to hold down a job, have a stable relationship with his girlfriend, and avoid interactions with his father and brothers.