Psycho

heard the phrase “the book is better than the movie” but is that always true? Sometimes movies stick close to their book counterparts, but other times they are only inspired by them. Take Psycho for instance. Originally a book by Robert Bloch, it was turned into the movie of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho). The movie, deemed a classic, just does not seem to give the same feel the novel does. After all, the main character, Norman Bates, had some traits changed for the film version. Secondly

American Psycho did not cater to middle class at all, it was all about the high class group of friends. The film is about a CEO of a company and his crazy ways. It showed what kind of a psycho main character Patrick really was. Patrick Bateman was living his dream. He lived a successful life, with a great job and where everyone respected him. But with Patrick his life wasn’t good enough, he always wanted more. If anyone he knew had more and better things than he did, he would loose his mind. Patrick’s

Peter Shaffer’s Equus and Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho explore Freud’s psychological theory that suggests unexpressed emotions will remain buried alive until they are brought forth in malevolent ways. The main characters of both texts have unusual relationships with their parents that influence them to develop a twisted view of ‘normality’. The unsightly acts displayed in Equus and Psycho reflects the protagonists’ inability to resolve conflict from childhood fixations thus driving them into a state

is situational irony because in the middle of the movie, Hitchcock leads the audience to believe that Mrs. Bates is the killer, when in reality she has been dead, and the killer is Norman Bates dressed as his own mother. The metaphors evident in Psycho are mirrors and reflections. These metaphors underline the theme of duality in the film. There are many instances when this happens. For instance, in one scene before arriving at the motel, Marion is shown with her own reflection in the shot showing

Psycho as a Horror Film 'Psycho' could be described as either a horror or a thriller. To be a horror, films should be scary, gruesome and generally be about what you see, like violence and a lot of bloodshed. Thrillers are mainly more about what you think, because they mainly make you think about the plot and who the killer is and their motive. There is more suspense to make you think about the storyline in depth aswell as watching it. One of the reasons that this

I’ve selected the scene from American Psycho by Mary Harron (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ruw9fsh3PNY). The main character, Patrick Bateman, is a “perfect man” living in a world where the main concern is the way business cards look like. The scene shows Patrick Bateman’s act of killing his main rival Paul Allen. What I wanted to focus on is obviously Christian Bale’s acting that perfectly reveals Patrick Bateman’s face of a crazy man. Starting from the beginning of the clip, it is visible that

of being obese contributes to the negative body image and the continuation their self-starvation. Even though interventive programs have been created, there are not very many programs focus on the psycho-social aspect of the disorder. Introduction The purpose of this this study is to examine the psycho-social aspect of AN and how this new knowledge could possibly improve the effects of intervention, and reducing relapse after patients had completed the intervention program. Individuals that suffer

My learning goals for the Advanced Psycho-Diagnostic in Children and Adolescents course are the following: I am willing to obtain tools, knowledge and experience related to the assessing process that take place at the beginning of the interview with parents, children or adolescents in a psychiatric setting. I would like to revisit the structured elements of how this first intake interview takes place, what are the rules behind it, the right, selective approach to partake in the scenario, what is

The bio-psycho-social model is an adequate approach to understanding behavior because it examines the mechanism, motive, and context behind a person’s actions. The bio and psycho aspects of this model explain the internal stimuli behind a person behavior while the social portion shows how outside factors affect it as well. It can be argued that this model is not adequate because it leaves out how environmental aspects play into a person’s behavior, but the environmental factor is not as crucial in

When I asked Brayden questions to gauge his Psycho-Social development his responded in ways that promote pro social ideas, relating to children his age. I asked “What makes a kid your age happy?” His response was ice cream, and friends.” Brayden’s answer correlated with my observation of friendships being important to him. I also asked, “How do you know a kid is happy? His response was “if they are smirking, smiling, or laughing.” How do you know a kid is sad? He stated, “if they are frowning or