Sigmund Freud And Dream Analysis Theory

From Sigmund Freud 's point of view all his theories were proven in this book. His first theory of Defense Mechanism was present when Jack’s mom used denial when she believed Jack was just a rebirth of her daughter who died during birth, so she didn’t feel the need to face the feelings of the daughter 's death. His second theory of Psychosexual Stages was present when Jack had a strong oral fixation of needing to “get some”, or else known as breast feeding from his mom, and phallic stage because Jack mentioned repeatedly throughout the book about his penis. Freud’s third theory was the Dream Analysis theory, because Jack later on in the book, experienced dreams that could be assumed to represent meaning to Jack’s real life and the struggles

371). In Room, Jack notices Bronwyn doesn’t have a penis, but instead something different which is a vagina, so he pokes it to observe the differences (pg. 245). This represents the beginning of Jack’s understanding that girls have different physical features. The second concept present for Jack was he developed Theory of Mind. One stage in the development of Theory of Mind is Emotional Understanding, which states “Comforting a playmate who is crying or teasing a sibling in the second year of life reflects an understanding that other people have emotions that these emotions can be influence for good or bad” (pg 401). In Room, Jack runs to his mother when she started crying during a news interview (pg. 238) showing he had developed empathy to understand his mother 's emotions. The third concept is Gender Schemata which is according to the textbook, is “Organized sets of beliefs and expectations about males and females that influence the kinds of information they will attend to and remember” (pg.381). This is concept is supported when Jack in Room, cuts off his ponytail to make his hair short, then checks his muscles to make sure he still has his muscles (pg. 284). This represents Jack’s schema that

Anna was sexually assaulted repeatedly from a very young age by different people. Consequently when she was an infant, she would cry constantly, which would incur punishment like spankings or confinement, as an attempt to calm her down. It was not known at the time that Anna was being sexually assaulted, and to take it one step further, she attempted to tell them what was happening repeatedly when she was very young, but her parents misunderstood thinking it meant something else. The people who sexually abused her, were a male babysitter and a family relative on separate occasions. In addition to the trauma, Anna grew up with her parents moving repeatedly, getting divorced, having violent and alcoholic episodes. This resulted in Anna having a mental breakdown at the age of 13, causing her to need medication from a psychiatrist. In result, Anna grew up very alone with no friends. This could be attributed neglectful parenting, making Anna feel like her parents did not care about her, along with abuse from a caretaker and family member, creating distrust and isolation from others. All of this caused Anna to feel alone, and created low self-esteem of herself. She spent most of her later teenage life and on in mental wards, and hospitals. According to Bronfenbrenner 's theory of Ecological Systems, this could have a serious impact on Anna’s development because family and friends are being taken away from