On Golden Pond is a movie centering around an elder couple Norman and Ethel who go up to their summer cottage over the summer of Norman's 80th birthday. This story deals with a lot of different issues including aging, love, and family dynamics in a very beautiful, and simple way allowing the audience to really relate the story because of its universal issues. Though there is so much to cover I will mainly be focusing Norman's mental abilities and Norman and Ethel’s relationship with Billy Ray. How Norman’s mental abilities are treated throughout the movie is very real and impactful. Making the choice to not diagnose him at any point throughout the movie, but instead just give hints of how his brain is deteriorating caused the audience to relate and sympathize with him more instead of just blaming everything he did on an illness. Also from my experience most of time people do not realize there love ones have dementia …show more content…
until it has becomes severe. Though it seems like Norman has dementia, which is defined as, “A pattern of cognitive deficits characterized by impairment in memory and at least one other cognitive domain that is sufficiently severe to impact behavior and interfere with social or occupational functioning (dementia article).” Norman shows many instances of impaired memory, the most severe being when he forgets how to get to the road and gets lost in the woods, and this interferes with his functioning cause he can’t get the strawberries.
Another instance of this lack in mental functioning that was more extreme was when him and Billy are in the boat and there's all the dangerous rocks and Norman doesn’t see them as dangerous. He ends up getting through off the boat, and though he was okay he could have been seriously injured. There are many other smaller moments when this occurs that are not harmful, like when he calls Billy by his daughter's name, Chelsea, when they're out on the boat. Norman also has some of the risk factors the article talked about. He is older, 80 years old to be exact,
and “nearly 45 percent in those age 85 years and older” suffer from dementia, and he has heart issues and often other health problems worst your chance of dementia (Dementia article). Yet he also does a lot of things that the article says reduce the chance of getting dementia like being physically, mentally and socially activity (Dementia article). Though it still seems like Norman has dementia maybe these activities are what makes him able to keep going strong even though he may have this illness. Another aspect of the movie was that Norman and Ethel have to take care of Billy, who is there daughters new boyfriends son. The relationship between Billy and Norman makes their daughter, Chelsea, very angry because they're acting more like friends then she and Norman ever did. This is interesting because step grandparents was something I had never really thought about, yet it makes more sense that they may have a bond that stronger resembles a friendship because that familial link is not there, allowing them to develop the relationship more naturally and not have to be as protective. The article said that step grandparents “bonds that develop may equal or surpass those of biological relations (grandparent article).” It makes sense that the relationship may develop without as much pressure as a biological relationship would. Thought it was really great of On Golden Pond to shade light on this issue that is not normally addressed.
“Goose Pond”, written by Thomas Williams seemingly is a novel about the tranquil rural life but intricately portrays the mind and state of a fifty-eight year old man who has just lost his wife. Having natural and peaceful aspects, the story itself is not about the simple rural life in the woods. It depicts how Robert Hurley began to deal and come to terms with his sudden loneliness and realization of his eventual death. Including both the realistic cruelty of life alone and the expectation readers would have from a novel—such like a Norman Rockwell painting; he keeps the readers indulged in the mind and heart of the lonesome Robert Hurley.
Often the injury is caused by being hit with a blunt object, serious illness of a degenerative brain disease. The degree of severity depends on the extent of the damage. In some cases, it can be temporary. However, in such a case as Greg’s, it can be progressive. It normally affects the memory storage area of the brain, which are located in the frontal lobes. Apparently, the frontal lobes have a series of functions. They are involved in motor skills, language, memory, impulse control, sexual behavior and judgement. In this regard, damage to this area will cause problems with all of the above areas though to varying degrees. According to Levin (1987), TBI (traumatic brain injury) often causes harm to the frontal lobe. Memory impairment in TBI occurs in three main categories explicit, implicit and source-context memory. Explicit memory deals with recognition and recall. Patients with this form tend to perform poorly in visual and cure-recalled tests that their healthy counterparts. This form seemed the most prevalent in
“On Golden Pond” is the story of changing and evolving family dynamics, and it follows a family that spans three generations. Each of the four main characters in this film are encountering a different stage of life and the challenges and changes that accompany it, with the exception of Ethel and Norman, who are married and both in late adulthood. Chelsea, Billy, Ethel, and Norman all are facing unique challenges and changes in their physical and mental state reflecting their particular stage in life.
Even as this movie does demonstrate for the most part what schizophrenia is it is very common for movies to over do it. They can take it to the point where it seems to example insanity which is untrue for most cases of schizophrenia. This can lead people to become scared and even stereotype people with schizophrenia. These inaccurate thoughts can be fatal to people with these symptoms and cause them to lose hope and even kill themselves. To attempt to resolve these issues is difficult but is constantly being fought to
It's not a film where a girl somehow walks out of the television screen and calls to tell you that you are going to die in seven days. It is a film that holds some realistic sense to it. Murderers are as real as anything can be. The reality that is witnessed within the screen when watching psycho is what truly makes it scary. Checking into an isolated hotel in the middle of the night in the middle of nowhere, where the only people there are an odd man and his creepy mother seems like a total nightmare and coincidentally realistic. Mental illness plays an important role in Psycho. Norman was mentally ill, which is what made him commit all the crimes he did. "Psycho" along with many other films, portrays mental illness in what we can see is a negative light. A man who is mentally ill keeps his mother's body preserved through his previous knowledge of taxidermy, and from there he kills a good number of people, when the 'mother' part of him comes out. From the way things play out for Norman Bates, we can assume that he is schizophrenic and suffers from a bad personality disorder. Simply by knowing this, we see how negatively mental illness is depicted, especially for people who actually have these mental illnesses, the vast majority do not turn out to be psychotic killers. People with mental illnesses do not want to be viewed as crazy, they truly are not.
Norman’s mind housed two personalities, his and his mother’s. After his father had died, Norman and his mother had lived “as if there was no one else in the world.” A few years later, Norman’s mother met a man that she planned to marry. Driven with jealousy, Norman murdered both the man and his mother because he had felt replaced. The guilt ate him up and caused him to pretend that his mother was still alive. In order to do this, half of him became his mother. Just as Norman was jealous of any man who came near his mother, the mother half of Norman was also jealous of anyone that aroused Norman himself. Therefore, when Marion came to stay at the Bates Motel, owned by Norman, he was attracted to her, and his attraction spurred the mother half of him to become jealous and murder Marion. Sometimes Norman would dress up as his mother when reality came too close and threatened his illusion. Since his mind was housing two personalities, there was a battle, and eventually his mother won and completely took over Norman. Norman was gone, and his mother has fully taken over (Psycho). The viewers realize that Norman Bates never meant to hurt anyone. It was his jealous emotions stemming from his mother that caused him to murder Marion. In Norman’s case, his mental illness was to blame for his vile crime. Through this portrayal, the viewers are more likely to view mental illnesses negatively. Because Norman’s
...person, due to the confusion that comes with the disease. It is hard to live with, as documented by many, however, if people are prepared, they will not struggle as much as they would if they hadn’t taken these precautions. These tactics are extremely important, and Alanna Shaikh makes this clear through her Ted Talk. Many people can learn and benefit from these ideas, making it a very useful presentation. Alzheimers is a controlling disease, but by preparing for it, it can be defined.
This movie also changed my attitude towards people with schizophrenia, or mental illness in general. I too am guilty of believing some of the myths and stereotypes of people with schizophrenia. Such as that people with schizophrenia are dangerous and out of control. Or that they are unable to function normally and live a normal life. From watching this movie I have realized that is totally untrue. Nathaniel is a perfect depiction of someone with schizophrenia who can live a productive life and do great things. Aside from the adversity of being homeless, the only thing standing in Nathaniel’s way is his his mental illness, and even with that he is an amazing cellist and studied at the prestigious Juilliard School.
Many of the adventures and memories around the secluded pond in southern Indiana faded away with the summer sun, but the wholesome values passed on to me are immensely more important than any formula will ever be. Through everything that my family has overcome, hardship and triumph, every summer we are able to gather under the pavilion. As we walk away on Sunday evening, we are inspired by the heroic tradition of our family, and also motivated to be as brave and courageous as the family members that came before
The word dementia is often used as an umbrella term to describe a wide range of symptoms. Dementia is commonly used to describe those with a decline in mental abilities that potentially interferes with their everyday life. This is common in older adults and may develop gradually or even appear suddenly. It is also important to note that, “dementia is more prevalent in older adults with the rate doubling about every 5 years after the age of 75 (Erber,2005; Papalia et al.,1996)” (Davis, Gfeller, & Thaut, 2008). Dementia not only affects the person who is diagnosed with it but also family and friends. Those who have dementia may have a hard time communicating effectively and that can add stress to those close to them. With regards to that, music therapy can be a great way to maintain mental abilities of those with dementia and help families communicate better with their loved one.
By unveiling her pond drop by drop, memory by memory, Morrison allows us to travel down the paths that converged together to create the story of Beloved. When an author uses a direct path to a story the readers tend to dismiss the unknown past of the characters, focusing instead on their forthcoming depicted futures. In Beloved however, the reader is forced to take trips back to the past, which help tie together the relationships of today. The repetitive nature of the narration also allows the reader to assimilate portions of the text that were inevidently connected to form an entwined net of relationships. For example, each time a new character is introduced, you are brought back into the memory of another character, to identify the new comers’ relationship to the story. In most text, a new character would be simply introduced with their importance to the here and now of a story, instead of the shared history amongst other characters. Most history that is shared between characters in mos...
In the movie, Russell Crowe played John Nash in A Beautiful Mind. Throughout the movie, Crowe did an amazing job depicting the multiple symptoms of schizophrenia. Within this paper, I will focus on the positive symptoms, negative symptoms, positive hallucinations, effects of medication, and the time frame of the illness represented in the film. The film shows many positive symptoms of schizophrenia such as delusions of grandeur, delusions of influence, and persecutory delusions. Positive symptoms of schizophrenia are symptoms that are present in an individual due to the illness.
The younger Edith envisioned herself marrying and having children, but her mother acts as the one hurdle she cannot surpass. Now middle-aged, her chances of fulfilling her girlhood dream are gone. The closing-in walls of Grey Gardens do not help change the woman’s perspective either; sagging walls and boarded-up holes further remove her perfect future by highlighting the passage of time. A jump cut lands the action on an elevated deck looking over the unkempt garden and a fight between the Beales. Little Edie screams at her mother, “I missed out on everything” and name-drops Jack Kennedy, citing a benefit he hosted that she missed due to “mother and the cats.”
The movie not only cleanses the movie going palate, but welcomingly and unexpectedly soothes the spirit. In “Little Miss Sunshine’s” universe of winners and losers, every character in the film meets some definition of failure. When looking at Little Miss Sunshine, the characters are developed into what is a perfect example of the broken family model of a father, mother, and two children, who are only half-siblings because of divorce and remarriage. The film continues to follow with this trend with the inclusion of Grandpa; he resides permanently in the basement of his son’s house. They project a family with imperfection and limitations, but these two factors grant the story more plausibility.
The film “It's a Wonderful Life” tells the story of a selfless man named George Bailey, who has a great love for the members of his community as well as his family and friends. George would do anything for his family, even give up on his lifelong dreams. While George loves his hometown dearly, he yearns to escape and explore the world. George's dream is to leave home and go out exploring the world then attend college and become an architect. Just before George is finally able to leave his hometown of, Bedford Falls, his father has a stroke and passes away suddenly.