I chose the movie I am Sam to challenge my own opinion on how people with disabilities should be treated under certain circumstances. I am Sam is a movie about a mentally challenged man‚ named Sam‚ striving to raise his daughter‚ Lucy‚ alone. Diagnosed with Autism‚ Sam’s intellectual capacity cannot exceed the age of 7. As we watch Lucy grow up under Sam’s roof‚ we are able to see the love they have for each other. When Lucy reaches the age of 8‚ social workers see this as an issue‚ so they place
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Hollywood‚ amazingly out of this world‚ and when I say out of this world‚ I mean it. Whether we realize it or not‚ Hollywood can sometimes be seen as an artificial way of life and in the movie I Am Sam‚ Hollywood is extremely helpful in the way we portray individuals with an intellectual disorder. To begin‚ I Am Sam is a 2001 movie that portrays Sam Dawson‚ a Starbucks worker with the mental capacity of a seven year old. In the beginning of the movie‚ he has a daughter with a homeless woman whom
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“I Am Sam” is about a man named Sam Dawson who has the mental capacity of a child. He works at a Starbucks and had a daughter named Lucy with a homeless woman who abandoned the two the moment they left the hospital and Sam is left to take care of Lucy all on his own. Sam is shown to be doing a proficient job of taking care of her as she grows with the help of his friends but as she reaches age 7‚ Sam’s limitations start to become a problem. At school Lucy intentionally holds back to avoid looking
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Movie Summary & Analysis I Am Sam Summary Sam loves his daughter Lucy very much and tries very hard to keep her with him. Although‚ he is mentally-challenged and the court argues whether or not he should keep Lucy. They say he only has the ability of “a 7-year old” and doesn’t have enough money. He looks for a lawyer to help him get Lucy back‚ which she offers for free under the pressure of being seen by these women who gossip about her at work. She is super annoyed with him at first but eventually
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picture "I Am Sam" delineates a common instance of whether a rationally handicapped parent ought to have care of a kid. Like some other youngster‚ Lucy should be in a cherishing situation that watches out for her each need‚ and it is dependent upon her gatekeepers to comprehend what those requirements are. Sam’s mental limit does not surpass that of an eight year old‚ where once Lucy outperforms that age‚ she will basically go up against the part of the "parent". Despite the fact that Sam may have
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I AM SAM My first reaction? Wow! Another Hollywood attempt at portraying people with developmental disabilities. Interesting movie. Sean Penn pleasantly surprised me in his portrayal of Sam Dawson‚ a young man with special needs who fights to regain custody of his seven-year-old daughter. Sure‚ some of the disability stereotypes are present in this movie: goofy clothes‚ bizarre laugh...‚ but there is also depth to the character. We can see Sam’s frustration at not understanding the world around
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‘I Am Sam’- Assessment Sam is the main character in ‘I Am Sam’. He faces a number of issues throughout the movie‚ but the main hardship is to gain custody of his daughter. Sam’s role is a mentally retarded male‚ with a mental capacity of a seven year old. Sam’s daughter‚ Lucy‚ is seven and her teachers fear that Sam’s aptitude is holding her back because she does not want to be smarter than her father. Lucy loves Sam very much‚ however she knows he was not the average father‚ as she told her best
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Year released Date viewed: March 3rd‚ 2018 / Title: I Am Sam / Writer: Kristine Johnson and Jessie Nelson / Main Actors: Sean Penn‚ Michelle Pfeiffer‚ and Dakota Fanning / Year Released: 2001 2. Describe four (4) specific scenes from the movie that portray how limitations in cognition (e.g. comprehension‚ attention‚ memory‚ problem-solving‚ skill transfer‚ etc.) were portrayed by the character with intellectual disabilities. At 5:20‚ Sam doesn’t understand that his partner‚ the mother of his
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the ratio of mental age to chronological age. The movie‚ I Am Sam‚ raises an important question; does an individual’s IQ have an affect on whether they can be a good parent? Many theories have been developed to better understand and measure intelligence. The Single Factor Theories‚ Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory‚ and Gardner’s Theory‚ along with Baumbrind’s theory on parenting styles can all be used to analyze the characters in I Am Sam. The movie questions the relevance of IQ score and its impact
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Critical Review: I Am Sam The movie‚ I am Sam‚ is the portrayal of a mentally retarded single parent struggling to maintain custody of his normal intelligence daughter. Within his circle of acquaintances are four special needs adults who are his close friends and two normal intelligence adults who exhibit disordered behavior. The writers‚ Kristin Johnson and Jessie Nelson‚ spent months researching and observing developmentally disabled adults in order to provide an accurate representation of the
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