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    nothing? Good morning fellow class students, today I will be talking with you about choices and how these choices impact on an individual’s sense of belonging. Good Will Hunting by Gus van Sant and Destroying Avalon by Kate McCaffrey outline how choices play an important role in how an individual belongs and or how they fit in society. Within good will hunting the director effectively conveys the idea of searching for belonging. As most of you know the film is based around Will hunting who at first

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    Good Will Hunting, produced by Gus Van Sant, was released in 1997. In the movie, Will Hunting is a genius who can memorize everything that he reads and solve the theories that no one can solve. Although he has a genius level IQ, Will rather chooses to work as a janitor at MIT and hang out with his childhood friends from Southie. One day, Gerald Lambeau, math professor at MIT, puts his math theories on a board on the hallway. Few days later, he realizes that Will, a janitor, not his students, is the

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    Good Will Hunting is a movie about a man named Will Hunting who seems to be a normal man but really has an extraordinary gift. It is discovered early on that Will has the ability to solve math problems that even the most brilliant people cannot solve. However, even with all of this talent he covers it up by pretending to be average and getting himself in trouble with the law. But he can not help but using his gift because in secret he begins solving impossible problems at the college he is a janitor

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    Analysis of Good Will Hunting The adult relationship that I decided to write my paper on is the relationship between Will Hunting and Sean Maguire. This is the institutional relationship between doctor and patient and how connected and eventually they each helped each other achieve their feelings and needs which enables them to get on a path of happiness and self-exploration. Will Hunting is a twenty year old punk, who is also a genius, was raised in the system and grew up with an abusive foster

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    This paper will discuss the relationship between Will Hunting and the psychologist Sean Mcguire in the movie Good Will Hunting. The struggles that occur between these main characters will be analyzed and their meanings found. A basic outline of the movie will be included to give the larger picture and its influence upon the two men. An Analysis of the Movie "Good Will Hunting" and the Main Characters Will Hunting and Sean Mcguire Outline: 1. Description of the Movie a. Setting of the movie

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    The film I chose to write about is one that I only saw a few months ago, which is “Good Will Hunting”. I have heard lots of people and critics praise this movie over the years, and after watching it I see why. It’s a very gripping story about a college aged janitor who grew up in broken foster homes, but has a genius level intellect and is wicked smaht. The protagonist of the movie is Will Hunting, he is a classic underachiever. The juxtaposition of his intellectual prowess and life circumstances

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    In Good Will Hunting, Will is an intelligent individual, but he is unable to open and honest with people. He does all that he can to push people away because he is afraid to become close. Once Will is forced to have therapy sessions Sean Maguire he starts his slow progression to being able to be open with people and actually answer their questions. Will and Mr. Maguire had a special bond/understanding that allowed Will to change his life around. Symbolic Interactionism Theory focuses on the language

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    Good Will Hunting is the story of Will Hunting, a 20-year-old orphan who lives in a low-income neighborhood in Boston. Will works as a janitor at Boston’s prestigious MIT, despite incredible intellect; he does not attend college. After he solves a challenging math problem at work one night, a professor at the school takes him under his wing. He and Will study complicated mathematics together during private sessions, while Will agrees to meet with a therapist to escape police charges against him.

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    Good will Hunting is a movie that teaches us many good things about the world. The main character of the movie is Will, who goes through many struggles and has a reason to be angry at the world. As he is shown in the movie and the way that he acts is because of the way that he was brought up as a child. He had an abusive father, who always abused him as a child, which caused him to live an unhappy life. His childhood had an effect on future, he turned out to abusive to people around him, and he showed

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    Good Will Hunting is a 1997 film which falls under the genre of social drama which isn’t much popular among masses but still this film managed to achieve two Oscars. This is because of the good narrative that was built in the film accordingly. Basically this film focuses on Will Hunting who is blessed with extraordinarily genius mind and every mathematical problem is easy for him. However he works as a janitor in Massachusetts Information Technology (MIT) and all he does are cleaning class rooms

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