Robertian Child Belonging

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The movie Martian Child takes you through the lives of the two main characters. The movie expresses through them physical, identity, social, and practical needs. The movie is a journey of self discovery, belonging, socializing, and human connections. Let's take a look into what the two characters went through. Needs: the basic human needs are an essential part of life. The movie shows how David and Dennis explored physical, identity, social, and practical needs. The physical needs of Dennis and David were straightforward. Dennis is a young boy in a foster care home. The care home does provide basic needs such as shelter and food, but Dennis needs a permanent home and stability. He needs to know that someone, and something like a permanent home, …show more content…

David and Dennis social needs are met together by a desire for connection and belonging. Dennis wants to belong to a family, and David wants to have a family. They both in a sense correspond to one another social needs through emotional and a family intimacy relationship. Practical needs are Dennis' adjustment of societal norms. David’s adoption helps with these challenges. David’s practical needs are mostly the challenges of parenthood. Many challenges come,but as the love grows for the young boy,the challenges are overcome. Many new things face both of them and new information, not expected, is introduced to both of them. Cultural adaptation occurred through both of them. David's adaptation of Dennis being from Mars was an imagination at first, but then as the relationship grew he began to embrace his perspective by understanding coping mechanisms. After being adopted by David, he began to understand Earth’s human emotions, customs, traditions, and societal norms. A big part of all this is adapting and understanding each other. Using empathy to adapt and understand Dennis and David led to a better relationship, adapting to each other's cultural …show more content…

The impression regarding the service agency for David was that he was trying to present himself as a reasonable candidate. He wants to present himself as a responsible and caring father, and not wanting to show a lot of his concerns about adoption. Dennis, concealing his identity and out of social norms being from Mars. He is different from other children and tries to conceal his true beliefs. With both Dennis and David going through their challenges, they face many psychological influences which shows their self-confidence. The big thing I consider faced by both of them is attachment issues. Dennis' idea of being from Mars comes from a coping mechanism, which comes from abandonment and security. David going out of his way to adopt Dennis shows his attachment issues in which he diaries a connection and a belonging to someone. He also stems from loneliness and isolation through past problems. Both of these concepts come from physiological needs and problems, such as attachment issues. The movie offers the viewer a connection between the characters going through their

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