Frank Lucas Psyc Study
FRANK LUCAS THE AMERICAN GANGSTER 1
FRANK LUCAS THE AMERICAN GANGSTER AND
THE REVIEW OF HIS PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISORDERS
PSYC100 SECTION 7984
SEMESTER 1109
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INTRODUCTION
I faced a task of reviewing “American Gangster” a movie based on a true story about an African American gangster Frank Lucas and his lives endeavors with his day-to-day drug operation in Harlem New York in the late 60s. The movie is also a record of his family as well as others that suffered from the many types of psychological disorders. The psychological disorders that will be reviewed in this paper pertaining to the characters and how they are influenced by their environment. How they are influenced by the powers of Frank Lucas and not even realizing that they’ve falling to his powers. How the nature in which they are cared for affected them as well as the effect of the stress, which caused them to result in drugs and alcohol. These are a few behavioral and social culture concepts that will be reviewed in this paper.
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So in the movie “American Gangster” memory played a very important role to the character Frank Lucas. One memory that he refers to is when he was 5 years old and his 12-year-old cousin got pulled out of the house and tied up to a tree in North Carolina by the police. They then shoved a shotgun in his cousin’s mouth hard enough to break 2 teeth, and then the police shot him in the head. I think this memory was a very strong start to his distrust and disdain towards the police. Another memory of his was a good memory. To please his mother he had her room recreated from his memory from when he was 5. In so much detail as to have furniture special made to exact details including drapes and blankets and design. Obviously this was a strong enough memory that he could recall all the details. He also used memory in his business practices. He remembered who still owed money to Bumpy his now deceased boss
FRANK LUCAS THE AMERICAN GANGSTER AND
THE REVIEW OF HIS PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISORDERS
PSYC100 SECTION 7984
SEMESTER 1109
2
INTRODUCTION
I faced a task of reviewing “American Gangster” a movie based on a true story about an African American gangster Frank Lucas and his lives endeavors with his day-to-day drug operation in Harlem New York in the late 60s. The movie is also a record of his family as well as others that suffered from the many types of psychological disorders. The psychological disorders that will be reviewed in this paper pertaining to the characters and how they are influenced by their environment. How they are influenced by the powers of Frank Lucas and not even realizing that they’ve falling to his powers. How the nature in which they are cared for affected them as well as the effect of the stress, which caused them to result in drugs and alcohol. These are a few behavioral and social culture concepts that will be reviewed in this paper.
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So in the movie “American Gangster” memory played a very important role to the character Frank Lucas. One memory that he refers to is when he was 5 years old and his 12-year-old cousin got pulled out of the house and tied up to a tree in North Carolina by the police. They then shoved a shotgun in his cousin’s mouth hard enough to break 2 teeth, and then the police shot him in the head. I think this memory was a very strong start to his distrust and disdain towards the police. Another memory of his was a good memory. To please his mother he had her room recreated from his memory from when he was 5. In so much detail as to have furniture special made to exact details including drapes and blankets and design. Obviously this was a strong enough memory that he could recall all the details. He also used memory in his business practices. He remembered who still owed money to Bumpy his now deceased boss