antwone fisher
COUN 5214 Theories of Personality
Dr. Foster
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Stephanie Kwaizer
November 17, 2013
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Antwone Fisher Antowne Fisher is a movie based on a true story of an African American man’s struggle with his emotionally unstable life. Antowne is the main character who never knew his father because he was killed just before he was born. Antowne was then abandoned by his birth mother. The foster home that he was raised in the home of the Reverend and his wife, shortly after Antwone was thrown out and forced to live as a homeless teenager due to a fight with Ms. Tate. Antwone Fisher then joined the Navy and once aboard the vessel he then again is involved in an altercation and is sent to see the psychiatrist. It is a struggle getting Antwone to talk and open up to Dr. Jerome Davenport, eventually the two develop a relationship and Antwone is able to open up and discuss the emotionally instability of his past. Dr. Davenport is able to get Antwone to open and confront his past and work toward a successful future. Antwone is able to change his life in the end for the better and was then able to reconnect with the family he longed for. Antwone Fisher is a young man who has anger and temperament issues steaming from his childhood associated with emotional and physical abuse caused to him by authoritarian figures within his family. Antwone Fisher has since then suffered from self-image as well as trying to find and identify who his true self really is. Some of the events that Antwone has encountered within his Navy career has triggered the memories that he has tried to hide deep within himself. Denzel Washington plays a psychiatrist that accepts the challenge to aid and assist Antwone with human development techniques. The intervention techniques are going to help Antowne shed some of the layers of negative emotion from his past.
Theory Based Character
Dr. Foster
Theory Based Character Description
Stephanie Kwaizer
November 17, 2013
Theory Based Character Description Page 1
Antwone Fisher Antowne Fisher is a movie based on a true story of an African American man’s struggle with his emotionally unstable life. Antowne is the main character who never knew his father because he was killed just before he was born. Antowne was then abandoned by his birth mother. The foster home that he was raised in the home of the Reverend and his wife, shortly after Antwone was thrown out and forced to live as a homeless teenager due to a fight with Ms. Tate. Antwone Fisher then joined the Navy and once aboard the vessel he then again is involved in an altercation and is sent to see the psychiatrist. It is a struggle getting Antwone to talk and open up to Dr. Jerome Davenport, eventually the two develop a relationship and Antwone is able to open up and discuss the emotionally instability of his past. Dr. Davenport is able to get Antwone to open and confront his past and work toward a successful future. Antwone is able to change his life in the end for the better and was then able to reconnect with the family he longed for. Antwone Fisher is a young man who has anger and temperament issues steaming from his childhood associated with emotional and physical abuse caused to him by authoritarian figures within his family. Antwone Fisher has since then suffered from self-image as well as trying to find and identify who his true self really is. Some of the events that Antwone has encountered within his Navy career has triggered the memories that he has tried to hide deep within himself. Denzel Washington plays a psychiatrist that accepts the challenge to aid and assist Antwone with human development techniques. The intervention techniques are going to help Antowne shed some of the layers of negative emotion from his past.
Theory Based Character