Goodwill Hunting Analysis

Will Hunting was a twenty-year-old, Caucasian boy in a struggling economic state, without the support of a family. He was living in a run down apartment in a low economical neighborhood in the south of Boston, Massachusetts. Will was very much admired by people around him. Although he might have been seen as cocky, Will was also a very smart, good-looking boy. He was a math genius but was better known for hanging around bars and getting into neighborhood fights. It was until he was discovered by a professor while working as a janitor at a University in Boston that he would be recognized by others as the genius he was. According to the attachment theory, an infant requires a good quality of attachment in order to develop physically and psychologically. Because Will did not have a secure base, providing him a sense of security, he later had psychological problems with exploring his environment. He became fearful of failing, even in what he did best, math. Will experienced insecure attachment, he did not have a stable mother or caregiver as a child. He was taken to many different foster homes and not given the proper parenting. He experienced many different parenting styles and his needs were not met. Reflected by his fearful, withdrawn, rebellious, and resentful personality it could be said that many of the households he was in were authoritarian. He would get in a comfortable situation and was many times reluctant to experience new situations. He would best be classified to have a high reactive temperament because new things would cause alarm to him and he would often withdraw from situations. After his relationship with Skylar had gotten serious she asked him to move to California with him. He immediately became alarmed by the situation and explained to her that his home and job was in south Boston. Although Will was smart enough in math to get a job anywhere in the country he did not feel comfortable to move to a new place, even if it meant a