Good Will Hunting Though Will Hunting (Matt Damon) has a genius level-intelligence (such as solving sophisticated mathematical problems)‚ works as a janitor at a prestigious college in Boston and lives alone in a few apartment in South Boston. Even though Will is one of a kind genius‚ he is an abused foster child resulting for him to destruct his own professional and emotional life. Will solved the problem of Professor Gerald Lambeau‚ a Field Medalist‚ left on a challenge to his students in the
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Good Will Hunting 1) Will hunting was an orphan. As a child he was moved from foster house to foster house and during this time he didn’t receive proper moral development. He was alone and probably acted out by breaking things‚ hurting other kids and talking back but this got him punished. In the movie he explains that he would get abused by his foster parents‚ he would get cigarette buds put out on his skin and probably got a lot of verbal abuse. This could’ve resulted in his relationship issues
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A janitor at MIT‚ Will Hunting has a gift for math and chemistry that can take him light-years beyond his blue-collar roots‚ but he doesn’t realize his potential and can’t even imagine leaving his childhood Boston South End neighborhood‚ his construction job‚ or his best friend. To complicate matters‚ several strangers enter the equation: a brilliant math professor who discovers‚ even envies‚ Will’s gifts‚ an empathetic shrink who identifies with Will’s blue-collar roots‚ and a beautiful‚ gifted
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Psychosocial Assessment of Good Will Hunting December 06‚ 2011 Identifying Information Will Hunting is a 20 year-old Caucasian male of Irish decent. He turned 21 before the time he was terminated from therapy. He was always casually dressed in slacks‚ or jeans and t-shirt or short sleeves shirt like most youths or teenagers. Although he had few clothes as evidenced by the fact that he wore the same two or three outfits to all his therapy sessions‚ his clothes were always clean. Referral
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Introduction Social- Cognitive theory believes that humans are individuals who are capable of proactively making things happen to assist in their own development (Parajes‚ 2002). In Good Will Hunting‚ Will Hunting did not believe that he was able to make a positive change in his life. Will is a prodigy‚ particularly in mathematics‚ who did not recognize his gift. He was born and raised in the slums‚ where he is now comfortable. He was abandoned by his parents and in and out of numerous foster homes
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Signe Olson Good Will Hunting - 9/21/2016 In the film‚ Good Will Hunting‚ Will is portrayed as a troubled kid with a tricky backstory but an amazing talent. He comes across as intelligent but problematic‚ and seems to have a lot of baggage that no one has cared enough to sort out. He doesn’t attend school because he sees it as a waste of money‚ yet he works at a school as a janitor and that’s where he gets his big break. His friends are people who seem to have the same lifestyle as him (they
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Movie Analysis Sociological Perspective: Good Will Hunting SOC103 A Ms. Lim Siow Fei Dier Pulatov J14016731 Aiman Azri Azmi J14016347 Jeffry Tlerey Lister J14016755 Content: 1. Introduction 3 2. Synopsis 3 3. Structural Functionalism 4 4. Social Conflict
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Good Will Hunting (1997)‚ a popular and successful American movie directed by Gus Van Sant‚ is set in Boston‚ and the main character is a young man‚ Will‚ (Matt Damon) who is a genius brain and suffered trauma in his childhood. This movie describes the boy’s conflicts and the relationships among him and the people who surrounding him. It is interesting to examine how elements of psychoanalysis are used in this movie‚ including sublimation‚ projection‚ and repression. First‚ a primary example of
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Good Will Hunting Movie Analysis The movie Good Will Hunting is about Will Hunting‚ a janitor with an Irish background and a pure gift for math. He is the janitor at the notorious college MIT and often cleans near a prominent math/chemistry professor’s classroom. This professor assigns his class a task that would involve solving a very difficult math problem and the reward would be an automatic A in the class and the ability to work with the professor on research. Will‚ having an excellent background
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Hunting is considered as a hobby for most people across the world‚ it is also known as a crime in many countries. The animal instinct in humans was first brought alive through hunting during the Stone Age‚ when man had not discovered any resources of food other than predation. He hunted like other wild animals‚ schemed a plan to attract his prey‚ waited till it approached and then pounced on it with weapons till the animal finally gave in. This practice of hunting has been followed even after millions
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