Chap 14 – GOOD WILL HUNTING (1997)
The movie Good Will Hunting was about Will Hunting is a troubled genius who works as a janitor at MIT and lives alone in a sparsely furnished apartment in an impoverished South Boston neighborhood. An abused foster child, he subconsciously blames himself for his unhappy upbringing and turns this self-loathing into a form of self-sabotage in both his professional and emotional lives. Hence he is unable to maintain either a steady job or a steady romantic relationship. According to John Holland in chapter fourteen Will Hunting has an Investigative Personality Type. A person with this personality type is usually is usually interested in ideas more than people, are rather indifferent to social relationships, troubled by emotional situations, and are often very intelligent. Through out the movie many physiologists try to get thru to Will, Five psychologists fail to connect with Will. Lambeaua a Fields Medalist and combinatorialist who is trying to help Will channel his negative energy into something great calls on psychologist Sean Maguire an old friend of his who grew up in the same neighborhood as Will. Sean is able to connect with Will and get past his hostile, sarcastic defense mechanisms. Will soon realizes that the world based on his cognitive past about the abuse and early childhood memories that becoming an adult is determined by cultural standards and experiences. Will's accidental witnessing of an argument between Sean and Professor Lambeaua argument on how his skills should be used this furious argument somehow acts as a catalyst for his decision to enter a deeper level of trust and sharing with Sean. He has apparently realized from this event that the situation is a little more complex than Will vs. The World. He sees that these mentors and big brother/father figures, rather than doctors secretly hatching conspiracies together to turn him into their little dancing puppet, are every bit as human and fallible and...