1. What psychiatric disorder does the character (s) in the movie you are watching exhibit? Please explain citing specific behavior relevant DSM IV-TR criteria. The character in the movie “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” one of the main characters suffers from autism‚ which is characterized by a withdrawal of the child into self and into a fantasy world of his own (Townsend‚ 381). According to the DSM-IV-TR the diagnostic criteria for Autistic Disorder that the character in the movie demonstrated were
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In the film‚ “What’s eating Gilbert Grape”‚ Bonnie Grape‚ who is one of the main characters in the story‚ is an obese woman. She used to be married but not anymore‚ her husband committed suicide a long time ago. Bonnie and her four children live a not so comfortable life in Endora. She has a sad life as a mother and because of her obesity‚ has no friends and hasn’t left the house in seven years. Unlike Mrs. Carver‚ who lives in a comfortable house with her husband and her children‚ Bonnie lives with
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In What’s Eating Gilbert Grape we are introduced to the town of Endora. The first impression we get of Endora is in the opening scene of the film. We see dry brown grass which is symbolic of the dull‚ liflessness of the town and the wide open fields show how isolated the characters are. An establishing shot focuses on a road which foreshadows the journey the protagonist will go on. The camera draws out and we see two characters‚ Gilbert and Arnie‚ sitting on the side of the road under the shade of
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The film‚ What’s Eating Gilbert Grape‚ is about a young man named Gilbert Grape who takes care of his younger brother Arnie who is autistic – a mental disability. Gilbert takes on several other responsibilities such as caring for his obese mother‚ working at the local grocery store‚ and trying to keep things afloat in the house. However‚ things get complicated for Gilbert when he pursues interest in a young woman named Becky. Gilbert struggles to find time to take care of his brother Arnie while
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Families are shown to be important in the film “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?”/ Within the movie there are three main types of family that we‚ as views‚ see. There are the nuclear family‚ two children with their natural parents‚ the single parent family and an extended or unorthodox family. The film suggests that the newer form of family‚ the extended family‚ is needed. The nuclear family with two children and their parents‚ living together‚ is represented by the Carver family. Ken Carver (father)
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or a gradual process. In the movie “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”‚ Johnny Depp plays the character of Gilbert‚ who must take on the role of the father in his house after his own father hangs himself. For Gilbert‚ this is not an easy job‚ and between caring for his mentally disabled brother and morbidly obese‚ couch bound mother‚ he has no time left for himself. Gilbert is not truly happy‚ and could be said to be in a personal crisis. The way that Gilbert copes with the situation he’s in‚ and continues
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“What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” is nothing close to a bright and lively movie. It isn’t too uplifting‚ there is no warm‚ fuzzy feeling you receive. This movie is quite prosperous in symbolism‚ however‚ from a mile away it seems simple. It comes off as such a plain movie for those who do not take the time to understand it. With everything that pours into this movie‚ the only mundane thing about this movie is the town. You’ll get to see Gilbert Grape wallow in misery‚ discord‚ and at times -- yearning
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things may never be the same again. Now there’s this question in the beginning that kept on ringing in my mind. “Who is a hero and who is a traitor”. Well its up for you to find out‚ you will need to watch it because its worth watching than telling you what happened in the
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What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Film review and critique. Society’s ideological constructs and attitudes towards minority groups are created and reinforced through media imagery. Although negative associations that maintain inequities with regard to race‚ gender and homophobia (Conner & Bejoian‚ 2006) have been somewhat relieved‚ disability is still immersed in harmful connotations that restrict and inhibit the life of people with disabilities in our society. Disability has appeared frequently in
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Text response: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape Text title: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape Author/creator: Lasse Hallström (Director) Text type: DVD Movie Method of narration: First Person‚ Film study Date of publication: 1993 Summary of Text + Setting The film What’s Eating Gilbert Grape opens in the small town of Endora‚ a place where ‘nothing much happens’. There‚ Gilbert Grape is busy caring for Arnie‚ his brother with a developmental disability as they wait for the many tourists’ trailers
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