How the Grinch Stole Christmas-Psychology

The Grinch is believed to hate Christmas because he felt alienated from society due to his nature and strange appearance. He is a green monster whose entire body is covered with bright green fur and comes out of his cave during Christmas to wreak havoc among the residents of Whoville. People always knew that he never wanted to be social during Christmas time. They always told stories of how his shoes where too small to fit, and how his head wasn’t screwed on all the way.
Projection was portrayed in this movie. The definition of projection is when one person makes other people feel the same way as you do. The Grinch was the problem for himself, he wanted the Whos so feel miserable to he can feel happy during Christmas. The Grinch thought if he took the presents and the Christmas trees away, he hoped the Whos would feel miseable like he had been during christmas time. It would make him feel better seeing the Whos crying wishing they had their presents back to make them happy, but that wasn’t the case.
There was also a part on the movie where the Grinch was shown biting his nails or chewing on a toothpick. This would be related to the oral stage. He has probably been by himself all his life because he doesn’t feel accepted from society. He never had a loving, caring person to help his needs. He feels the satisfaction from his mouth area. Biting his nails is a way of asking for help, and distracting himself from the world.
Displacement was shown between the Grinch and his dog, Max. The Grinch used his anger about the feelings he had for Christmas towards Max. Max was defenseless, he couldn’t protect himself from the Grinch. Max was forced to become the reindeer to the sled and pull heavy bags of presents. Max was also in charge of throwing the heavy bags of presents on the sled while the Grinch was stealing them from the houses.
Another example from Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs was self-actualization needs. The definition of this is when someone