The Movie Henry Essay

In the film regarding henry, the main character, Henry, undergoes a life changing experience which causes him to change his outlook on the world completely. Henry was a workaholic lawyer who never made time for family or any of the important things in life. One night as he was walking to go pick up some cigarettes, he was shot twice, once in the head and once near the heart. As he recovered, he lost almost all of his memory and had to learn to adjust to his new life of relearning everything, even something as simple as talking, walking, or tying a shoe. Henry didn't remember the person he used to be and the new him became a loving father, a loyal husband, and a selfless human being.

I think that Henry’s Id was his natural state and his ego/superego was his learned state. When he began recovering from his shots, Henry didn’t remember the kind of person he was before. For example, he started being polite to his maid and co-workers by thanking them, saying please, and treating others with respect. He began wanting to spend time with his family. During his rehab, no one taught him these behaviors, that just what he was naturally doing. For example, at the end of the movie he changes the Mr. Matthews
Before he was shot, he was rude to his workers, never gave attention to his family, and made decisions in his work based on what would get him more money. Henry’s superego was developed in a harsh way and completely took over the id, and that is why he was the mean person her was. For example, he judged the Mr. Matthews case with no regards to how this could affect the Matthew’s life. Also, he disregarded his wife so much that she began cheating on him and he started cheating on her. All of these traits disappeared after he got shot because he forgot all of the traits that made up his superego, which were his rude, stern, workaholic, actions. Therefore, his learned superego was gone and his new self was just consisted of his