The Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind Analysis

The plot of the movie the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is about two people Clementine and Joel who were once in a relationship but ended up breaking up because as time past the differences that brought them together, eventually led to them growing apart. They are two completely different people Joel is shy, quiet, and kind of an introvert. While Clementine is loud, anxious, and does outrages behavior completely different from Joel. When Joel finds out that she had a process so that she could forget all her memories of him, he also goes through the same process. Eventually after grappling with the issue of why she would get the procedure done.The company that erases their memories is called Lacuna and has specialized technology that
He does this with the hope that some how they would not be able to find her and erase her from his mind. While in the middle of the procedure he also finds out that one of the members of the Lacuna team who altered the memories of Clementine has actually taken his identity and stole his stuff and is using it to seduce her. Which is causing her to have a mental breakdown as there is supposed to be nothing that reminds her of him. After its done the two of them meet in a train and end up liking each other again after they have had their memories altered. However when one of the ex employees of the Lacuna company sends tapes to everyone with details of the procedure, she gets one and hears in the car with him and he kicks her out. Eventually she also hears his tape and what he said about her and they eventually do works things out. They decide that they want to give it another shot even with everything that has happened. They know that it might end bad but they still care about each other enough where the good memories out weight the bad
She meets the required minimum of five criteria needed in order to be diagnosed with this disorder. One is uncomfortable in social situations, the second one is low self esteem, third instability, fourth irritable and antagonistic in her relationships, and fifth she is extremely impulsive. My rationale for this is clearly demonstrated in several of the scenes through out the movie. For her low self esteem it is shown when she clearly states that she used to see herself as ugly and even in the present it seems she still thinks that as she asks Joel whether he thought she was ugly. As for uncomfortable in social situations she wants to be alone away from other people at the party. This is where she met Joel for the first time and she is glad that there is someone else like her who does not know how to act in these sort of functions. Her hair constantly changing can be seen as a sign of non conformity as well as instability. She is impulsive and erratic and this is shown as she quickly starts the conversation with Joel on the train. Her irritable and antagonistic side in relationships is shown all through out the movie. The scene where she yells at Joel for not being more open, or when she stays out until three in the morning and is purposefully making Joel mad and starting an argument. She can be very impulsive as shown when she broke into an empty house or when she just packed and left him after his