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Charlie Babbitt
Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise), upon hearing of the death of his wealthy father travels to Cincinnati in effort to get his piece of the inheritance. Charlie merely receives some rose bushes, which happen to be all dying due to neglect, and a convertible. This same convertible is responsible for his poor relationship with his father due to him taking the convertible out for a ride with his friends and his father reporting it as being stolen and allowing for Charlie to sit in jail for two days. Clearly hurt by his father’s actions, he ran away to go live in California and never spoke to his father again. Nonetheless, he discovers the three million dollars he expected to obtain, is going to a mental institution, home to his brother which he previously …show more content…
He has problems with communicating, difficulty processing and expressing emotions, and a lack of understanding of certain concepts in society. He also has outstanding abilities such as his exceptional memory and a remarkable ability with math. Charlie travels to the mental institution where Raymond resides and kidnaps him in hopes of getting his hands on the three million dollars. Raymond’s routine he has to abide by and “triggers” he has that cause him to have minor meltdowns induces frustration from Charlie when taking care of his brother. This frustration results in what can be considered verbally abusive behavior from Charlie like yelling and name calling. Despite this, they are able to bond during the time they spent together, leaving Charlie to genuinely care about his brother and not just about the money he’d get for getting custody over his brother. He does want custody over his brother, but only to continue to maintain their budding relationship. Raymond’s doctor makes an attempt to bribe Charlie to desert Raymond, and with Charlie no longer disgruntled by what his father left him, is unwilling to do that. Both Charlie and the doctor decide to leave it up to Raymond to decide what he wants. However the questioning done by the court-appointed psychiatrist causes Raymond noticeable distress and Charlie decides to put a halt to it. Charlie believes it’s best for Raymond to remain within the mental institution and will eventually visit him in effort to preserve their
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