Melvin Gets: Obsessive Compulsive Di

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After viewing this movie, we can clearly know that Melvin had a serious obsessive compulsive disorder. Every part of his daily life he was getting enforces to live his life step by step. Even when he is washing his hand, he used about 2 to 3 soap to wash his hand without any dirt. When he was walking on the street, he avoided stepping the cracks on the street. It had clearly shown that he had a serious illness on obsessive compulsive disorder. This mental illness usually formed by our environment or our personality. And also it can cause by cognitive and behavioral. Melvin was being so serious of OCD mostly is because he was so misanthropy. So he avoids to interact with others or speak bitingly to insult people that around him. I can barely …show more content…

He must be doing all those habits everyday he only will live better. But days longer, Melvin was getting better because he met Carol that the waitress that served her in the same restaurant every day. Carol had changed Melvin’s life. My overall reaction to the movie is about the love and affection between Melvin, Carol and Simon. At the beginning, we can see that Melvin was so irritable and he dislike interacting with others. But when Simon and Carol involved into his life, Melvin obviously changed. Melvin dislikes Simon at the beginning he even hiding Simon’s dog for some personal idiosyncrasies and creates a big conflict between them. But after Simon encounters a robbery in his house, Melvin was force to take care of Simon’s dog, Verdell. Soon we can see that Melvin actually can take good care of Verdell better than Simon take care it. It proves that the kindness of Melvin was showing it out. After three of them get back from Baltimore, Melvin once again taking care of Simon because of Simon’s house sold for paying medical fee. In that moment, Simon felt grateful that Melvin actually was not that hard to get along with. At the end, they became good friend. For Carol, she is the person who affected him

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