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    Application Assignment: Will Hunting Introduction Will Hunting is a 20-year-old male living in South Boston. He worked as a janitor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is now working as a construction worker. Will is an orphan at birth and has been through many foster homes, one of which is where he experienced major abuse and domestic violence by his foster father. He has a hard time forming and maintaining new relationships and has only been close to his long-time friends. He also has

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    “Good Will Hunting” was produced in 1997 starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Minnie Driver. Will Hunting, who is a genius but has a troubled past with abusive relationships. Will gets help from a therapist, Dr. Sean, with the help of Lambeau to do advanced math to get out of jail time. The main plot is the building of the relationship between Will and Sean. Will’s character develops the most. Will slowly open up and confronts his past and decides to use his talents and do something

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    I walked to the waterfall, wanting to clean myself after today's big hunt. I had told my maids to take the hounds to a different pond and clean them, then to join me later. It was dark out, The full moon giving me enough light to see. I striped and left my clothes, bow, and arrows on the bank of the river. It was not huge or small. I walked up to the waterfall and stood under it. When I was almost done I heard a snap. I thought it was my maids or my brother Apollo. I turned around but saw neither

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    excited.The next day we went to L and M and bought arrows feild tips and a relese, then we went home to target practice. I was shooting at ten yards i missed the target and i hit the lawnmower tire, my dad grounded me for two days. my first rifle hunting experience was on a cold november evening,my brother woke me up and said there was a deer. i bumped the wall when i

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    In the 1997 indie drama film Good Will Hunting, the protagonist, Will Hunting, is a young man of genius intelligence that chooses to work as a janitor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A victim of child abuse, Will takes his past and uses it in a form of self-sabotage. He works labor jobs, deters himself from women and any form of love, and spends time with his low-life friends. One night at a bar, a Harvard student named Clark brags of his comprehension of the market economy evolution

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    This story is about murder, and hunting. The story has plenty of twist and turns. It's a great story that everybody should love. In Ray Bradbury's short story "A Sound of Thunder," the main character is murdered because he changed history for being scared, disobeying orders, and not taking responsibility for his actions. Eckles, the main character, gets scared and backs out last minute. Eckles is sent to the past to kill a dinosaur. He was sent with two other guys and the safari guide, Travis. Eckles

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    Will Hunting is a janitor at M.I.T. who solves problems other students cannot at work. Will is a genius no doubt about that, but his childhood is filled with darkness making him defensive towards feelings. After being sentenced to jail he has no choice but to work with Professor Lambeau, and attend therapy. Will Hunting will now embark on a journey to find himself and realize what he truly wants in life. This first act begins with Will living in South Boston (a southie) as referred to in the movie

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    Good Will Hunting is a movie about a boy that is extremely book smart, his name is Will. He grew up in not the best environment and was a janitor for the college MIT. Will does nothing with his smartness until he is caught solving a problem. After being thrown in jail he is forced to see a therapist and work on math problems with the professor. The movie shows the walls and psychological problems Will has built up and the process that he goes through to knock them all down. Will has Traumatic and

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    The adrenaline pulsed through my body, the numbness left my body. I raised my gun as the doe and two bucks came over the hill. I’m on the edge of my lawn chair. I see my breath slowly rise, and my heart was racing as I might actually shoot my first deer. It’s a cold and windy Friday in December and I’m out of school early to try and fill a tag for shotgun deer. My dad and I are in our deer blind down in a shallow valley and my uncle is on top of the hill. We have been sitting in the cold for 2-3

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    Questions for Good Will Hunting: 1. There were several attempts at therapy before the Robin Williams character, why did those fail and the last succeeded? From my perception, the first two therapists failed to establish a therapeutic relationship and build rapport with Will. Neither of them gave Will the opportunity to earn his trust. Along with the dismissal of building rapport, the first therapist was too direct in his approach with Will as well. Unclear of his orientation, but he was telling

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