What Is The Movie Regarding Henry
In the movie “Regarding Henry”, Henry demonstrates 2 different lifestyles. His first personality is his busy working, successful lawyer personality. But it also shows his lack of attention for his family, his will to do anything in a case as long as he wins, his self conscious thought of how people view him. Henry goes through a life changing event of nearly being killed, when he was shot in his head. He managed to live, but the mental trauma he would deal with for the rest of his life was a loss of memory. Only very rarely would he remember something, or slightly recall something. However this introduced us to his second personality, the new Henry. This Henry doesn’t remember his old self, he knows he loves his family, and shows surprising affection towards them. He re-learns to read and realizes that he was dishonest in court cases and had ruined innocent lives, and he feels guilty about it and does his best to make up for it. His co-workers judge him because he isn't the lawyer he used to be, and works slowly now, and at first it bothers him, but then he quits his job, and doesn’t care how people view him as long as he has his priorities in top focus.
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The ‘Id’ is, according to Sigmund Freud, “the personality component made up of unconscious psychic energy that works to satisfy basic urges, needs, and desires.” I think this relates to the time in Henry’s life when his memory is gone/his unconscious psych.
When he had really nothing, but he new what to value anyways. He new he was a good man, even having to basically start life completely over. His desires to satisfy basic urges, needs and desire in his second life were all fulfilled. Henry didn’t remember his past life, but he new what he wanted his life to be, and was aware of what being a good human was, and having common
decency.
Henry’s first behavior, before the deadly shooting, represents his ego. An ego is your desire to please someone, or your concern for how a population views you. Basically your determination to build an image in a certain way about yourself for everyone to see. Henry’s ego gets the best of him in his first life. Like previously explained, the lack of family, building a reputation as a deadly lawyer that everyone in New York feared. These were all of his aspirations before he realized his ‘id’ and changed his focus’s to what was really important.
The ‘Id’ is, according to Sigmund Freud, “the personality component made up of unconscious psychic energy that works to satisfy basic urges, needs, and desires.” I think this relates to the time in Henry’s life when his memory is gone/his unconscious psych.
When he had really nothing, but he new what to value anyways. He new he was a good man, even having to basically start life completely over. His desires to satisfy basic urges, needs and desire in his second life were all fulfilled. Henry didn’t remember his past life, but he new what he wanted his life to be, and was aware of what being a good human was, and having common
decency.
Henry’s first behavior, before the deadly shooting, represents his ego. An ego is your desire to please someone, or your concern for how a population views you. Basically your determination to build an image in a certain way about yourself for everyone to see. Henry’s ego gets the best of him in his first life. Like previously explained, the lack of family, building a reputation as a deadly lawyer that everyone in New York feared. These were all of his aspirations before he realized his ‘id’ and changed his focus’s to what was really important.