I Am Sam

In the movie “I Am Sam” directed by Jessie Nelson, one of the main characters Sam Dawson, is mentally handicapped. In the beginning of the movie, Sam has a baby girl with a homeless woman, who abandons him and the baby after leaving the hospital. Therefore, Sam is left on his own to raise his daughter Lucy. There was no question about Sam loving his daughter and raising her to the best of his ability, but once she reaches the age of seven, there are assumptions that Lucy has passed him in intelligence

In the film “I Am Sam” directed by Jessie Nelson, Sean Penn portrays a mentally retarded(Intillectual Disability) man named Sam Dawson who has a mental capacity of a seven year old in the film. Sam is a single father raising his seven-year-old daughter Lucy, by himself. Since Sam has the mental capacity of a seven year old, he has a simple job at Starbucks where he organizes and cleans up the store in order to make it presentable. Sam has many symptoms through out the film that are very apparent

The movie I Am Sam is an emotionally, uplifting story of a mentally disabled father who has a daughter named Lucy and unfortunately is taken away from him. Sam is a 40 year old man that has a mind of a 7 year old and does not have the proper care or mind to take care of child when he already has a mind of a child. Sam has a difficult time understanding the content of words. For example, in a scene that takes place in the courtroom, his lawyer asks for “a motion to recess” and Sam says, “I don‟t exactly

I Am Sam is a touching film that incorporates psychology into modern day society into terms that the common person could empathize with. Sam Dawson, played by Sean Penn is a mentally challenged man raising his beloved daughter Lucy (Dakota Fanning) in the heart of Los Angeles. As a single father, Sam has support from many of his mentally challenged friends to raise Lucy. Sam works at the local Starbucks where his job is to bus the tables and clean up after customers. His neighbor Annie who experiences

“Tell why sam should or should not be allowed custody of Lucy. Please choose a side and no “fence sitters” allowed.” The movie “I am Sam” depicts a father who is mentally challenged who tries his best to take care of and support his daughter. Unfortunately, due to legal situations, he is forced to fight for his right to keep custody of his daughter in court. According to the prosecutor, Sam has the mental stability of a 7 year old and his daughter will soon be 8 years of age. However, Sam has proven

I am Sam, a movie directed by Jessie Nelson, came to theatres January 25th, 2002. This movie takes the audience through the life Sam Dawson who has the mental ability of a seven year old. Besides his disability, the movie displays much more than just that. The main character Sam Dawson, somehow got a homeless women pregnant ( it was not made clear how). Once the child is born, the mother leaves Sam and the baby at a bus stop with the excuse that she never wanted to have a child with Sam and she only

I Am Sam is the compelling story of Sam Dawson (Sean Penn), a mentally-challenged father raising his daughter Lucy (Dakota Fanning) with the help of an extraordinary group of friends. As Lucy turns seven and begins to intellectually surpass her father, their close bond is threatened when their situation comes under the scrutiny of a social worker who wants Lucy placed in foster care. Faced with a seemingly unwinnable case, Sam vows to fight the legal system and forms an unlikely alliance with

In the movie ‘I am Sam”, it depicts whether Sam, a mentally disabled parent should be able to keep his own child. In my opinion Lucy, the child of Sam, should've remained with the foster care which can provide nurture to a developing child well in the early stages of life, and also be able to tend to her every need. Sam’s mental capacity is the same as one of a 7-year-old kid. Once Lucy surpasses his mental capacity she would have to take the role of the “parent”. When Lucy takes the role of the

I Am Sam –Augment Essay “I Am Sam” is a film directed by Jessie Nelson, it describes the relationship between a father Sam who has a mental capacity of a 7 year old and his daughter Lucy. The film focused on “Love” and whether love is enough to raise a child. In our modern society it seems that “Money” is the golden key to open the door to succuss, even though money covers a significant part of care that is given to a child. There are still some part of areas that money cannot for fill. Many parents

movie "I Am Sam" portrays a typical occurrence of whether a sanely crippled parent should have care of a child. Like some other adolescent, Lucy ought to be in a treasuring circumstance that watches out for her each need, and it is needy upon her guards to fathom what those necessities are. Sam's mental point of confinement does not outperform that of an eight year old, where once Lucy outflanks that age, she will fundamentally go up against the piece of the "parent". In spite of the way that Sam may