The Black Balloon Reflection Paper

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Throughout the duration of a person’s life, specific events can effect and shape the cognitive, psychosocial and physical development of the individual. In the movie “The Black Balloon”, the main character Thomas has experienced a series of events that have affected the three developmental domains in his adolescent life. This essay will explore how being bullied because of his brother suffering from autism affected his psychosocial development, how the realisation and acceptance of his brother’s illness affected his cognitive and psychosocial development and lastly, how puberty affected and changed his physical and psychosocial development. Through these specific events, Thomas shows a significant change in all three domains which results in many developmental changes through his adolescent life.
Bullying has many server and detrimental effects for the victim which can cause serious damage and change to their psychosocial development. Being a victim of bullying because of his brother suffering from autism is a significant event for Thomas because it effects negatively on his adolescent life. For example, the bullying had caused a loss of confidence for Thomas and had impacted on his self-worth and self-esteem. Thomas also becomes embarrassed to be associated with his brother and tries to hide his brother away from people in fear of being judged or bullied. Research has found that there is a strong correlation between bullying and depression, which is an illness that can cause problems such as low self-esteem (“Bullying and Depression- Bullying Statistics”, 2013, p.1) which would explain the lack of self-esteem that he possesses during this life event. Bullying is also detrimental to his wellbeing because it can lead to many men...

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...lopment which is part of the psychosocial development domain.
Through reviewing the film “The Black Balloon” it can be shown that the character Thomas experiences many three major events have affected his cognitive, psychosocial and physical development and result in significant changes and affects that have influenced his development. The three main events that affect his development was the bullying his experienced from his peers as a result of his brother’s illness which affected his psychosocial development, the realisation and acceptance of his brother’s illness which affected his cognitive and psychosocial development and puberty which affected his physical and psychosocial development. These specific events are examples of how significant change can occur through all three domains which result in many developmental changes through Thomas’ adolescent life.

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