The movie “Good Will Hunting”‚ chronicling the story of an unknown genius with a photographic memory‚ redefines the word “genius”. Whereas MIT professors and their colleagues struggle to understand higher level mathematics and algorithms‚ this humble janitor solves the queries as if they came directly from an episode of Sesame Street. Will Hunting does not attend college; he is self educated via books which he reads at an astonishing pace‚ flipping the pages as if there were just a word on each page
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Good Will Hunting is a movie with an all-star cast including Matt Damon‚ Robin Williams‚ and Ben Affleck just to name a few. Matt Demon plays the main character Will Hunting while Robin Williams and Ben Affleck play supporting roles as a psychology professor and best friend. The movie introduces Will as a janitor at MIT that is much smarter than he lets on. In fact‚ Will Hunting is a mathematical genius. Stellan Skarsgard plays a professor at MIT named Gerald Lambeau. Professor Lambeau decided
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Good Will Hunting is about story of a prodigy genius named Will Hunting who is discovered when Professor Lambeau releases a difficult math for his class to solve. When he figures out that Will Hunting solved the problem‚ Professor Lambeau takes Will under his wing and prevents him from going to jail. In exchange‚ Will is under the supervision of Professor Lambeau while being forced into therapy. Will is a fool who wastes his potential. Sean Maguire‚ a therapist‚ tries to help Will but he’s facing
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Abstract This paper will discuss this student’s perception‚ study and analysis of the character Will Hunting‚ in the movie Good Will Hunting. (Affleck and Damon‚ 1997) It will share the results and conclusions about the character of Will Hunting reached by this author‚ citing the methods and theories used to reach said results and conclusions. The report will provide a brief overview of the character‚ a cultural description of the character‚ discuss the character’s personality development from
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’’Good Will Hunting’’ is about a brilliant man named Will Hunting who is a janitor at one of the best universities around. One day while Will was cleaning the building he looked at one of the math class’s bulletin board with very difficult problems that no one could do‚ but he was able. So Will answered the problem anonymously. The University finally did find who answered the problems and the professor of the math class found him in jail‚ the professor made an agreement with the judge that he could
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I intend to write a piece of creative writing‚ demonstrating the theme of fear‚ inspired by the film ‘Good Will Hunting’ directed by Gus Van Sant. Written in the perspective of a young teenage girl being hunted by a predator. I hope to allude to the fear she feels as dusk arrives. With all her senses more alert she aims to survive the night‚ with her hunter nowhere to be seen. I plan to focus on her feelings as she attempts to run and remain hidden until dawn. I pay no mind to my direction‚ escaping
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work for a top attorney in a law firm. He made a very good salary‚ but he wasn’t a nice man. No one ever did work for him willingly. He ordered everyone around‚ and we didn’t respect him. In contrast‚ however‚ I had a wonderful band director in high school. He had to take extra jobs just to make enough money to support his family. However‚ his students had great respect for him and always listened to what he said. As a result‚ we were a very good band. In my opinion‚ my band director was more successful
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counselling is empathy. During my first year‚ I once watched a movie that deepens my understanding on the counselling process and the concept of empathy‚ this movie also inspired me to become a counsellor in the future. The movie is called “Good Will Hunting”‚ it is basically showed about the counselling process between Sean‚ the therapist and a rebellious yet gifted young guy named Will. Initially Will refuse to talk to Sean‚ Sean begins by disclosure his secret to Will. Slowly Will opens his heart
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financially rewarding enough for his son to survive. He wants Neil to be doctor. In an emotionally charged scene‚ Neil finds that he doesn’t want to cope with a life that doesn’t involve acting‚ and he takes his own life.<br><br>In the movie Good Will Hunting‚ Robin Williams plays a psychiatrist giving therapy to a character played by Matt Damon. Damon’s character‚ Will‚ is a math genius who has severe social problems stemming from a traumatic
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CatCharlie Kottler English 31-McDonough April 8‚ 2013 Love is perhaps man’s greatest folly and success. It can drive one’s ambitions or lead him on a road to disaster. Will‚ in “Good Will Hunting”‚ struggles with allowing himself to love‚ making his life unnecessarily hard to keep people out. He pushed all people dissimilar to his lifestyle away; as the fear of failure paralyzes him. Holden‚ in “Catcher in the Rye” does not allow loveable figures to enter into his life as well. While being a
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