GOOD WILL HUNTING SYNOPSIS This movie is based on the character Will Hunting who works at MIT‚ a prestigious University‚ as a janitor. He endured an extremely rough childhood as an orphan. Whilst working one day Will stops and puzzles out a math problem written on a blackboard that had been left for the graduate students to solve‚ but none could accomplish it. upon seeing this Professor Lambeau discovers Will’s limitless intelligence and decides to bail him out of jail for his crime of assault
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Good Will Hunting Good Will Hunting is an unusual character portrait of a self-taught genius named Will Hunting‚ who grew up as an orphan in South Boston‚ suffered abuse at the hands of his foster father and engaged in gang violence because of his rough upbringing as a child. Will is a mathematical genius with a photographic memory but struggles to find his place in the world. Will works as a school janitor at M.I.T‚ one of the prestigious technical universities around‚ while working‚ he delights
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Fabian Gonzales Mrs. Schuler Writing 836 Feb. 8‚ 2011 Good Will Hunting Sometimes our past can cause pain that doesn’t allow us to trust others. People we trust can cause us to put up a wall and look to other things for comfort. In the movie‚ Will Hunting found his comfort in books. Will Hunting needed a real friendship to help him open up his mind in order to discover that there is more to life than living through the books he reads. In the movie‚ there are four main characters‚ each
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The relationship between Psychology and Movies Movies are most of the time related to a human being’s life. Movies apply psychology to their plots. For example‚ movies like the StepMom directed by Chris Columbus‚ and Good Will Hunting directed by Gus Van Sant show us that psychology is part of our lives in a day to day base. It could go from a divorce to a person who is scared to take a step in life. The textbook‚ Psychology: Core Concept‚ by Philip G. Zimbarbo‚ Ann L. Weber‚ and Robert L. Johnson
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Good Will Hunting 1) Will hunting was an orphan. As a child he was moved from foster house to foster house and during this time he didn’t receive proper moral development. He was alone and probably acted out by breaking things‚ hurting other kids and talking back but this got him punished. In the movie he explains that he would get abused by his foster parents‚ he would get cigarette buds put out on his skin and probably got a lot of verbal abuse. This could’ve resulted in his relationship issues
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Good Will Hunting Though Will Hunting (Matt Damon) has a genius level-intelligence (such as solving sophisticated mathematical problems)‚ works as a janitor at a prestigious college in Boston and lives alone in a few apartment in South Boston. Even though Will is one of a kind genius‚ he is an abused foster child resulting for him to destruct his own professional and emotional life. Will solved the problem of Professor Gerald Lambeau‚ a Field Medalist‚ left on a challenge to his students in the
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A janitor at MIT‚ Will Hunting has a gift for math and chemistry that can take him light-years beyond his blue-collar roots‚ but he doesn’t realize his potential and can’t even imagine leaving his childhood Boston South End neighborhood‚ his construction job‚ or his best friend. To complicate matters‚ several strangers enter the equation: a brilliant math professor who discovers‚ even envies‚ Will’s gifts‚ an empathetic shrink who identifies with Will’s blue-collar roots‚ and a beautiful‚ gifted
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Interpersonal Communication (Reflective Paper) Interpersonal Communication means the verbal and non-verbal interactions between two or more people. It has become inevitable in today’s society‚ just like at lunch time‚ we either goes to a restaurant or fast food stores‚ waiters always standing by the door welcoming customers and ask them “how many people?” This is when you need to communicate with the waiter even you don’t want to talk to them. In this reflective paper‚ I will share my
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The basic process of interpersonal relationships and communicative interactions with others is based primarily on emotions. In the film "Good Will Hunting"‚ the characters experience many emotions that impact their interpersonal relationships and communicative interactions. Taking into consideration that each character grew up with a different lifestyle‚ their interpersonal relationships and communicative interactions are affected in their continuing years. The film allows us to see
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Abstract This paper will discuss this student’s perception‚ study and analysis of the character Will Hunting‚ in the movie Good Will Hunting. (Affleck and Damon‚ 1997) It will share the results and conclusions about the character of Will Hunting reached by this author‚ citing the methods and theories used to reach said results and conclusions. The report will provide a brief overview of the character‚ a cultural description of the character‚ discuss the character’s personality development from
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