Analysis Of The Movie Girl - 1059 Words

Girl, Interrupted follows Susanna Kaysen 18 month experience in a mental hospital. Transition. Despite her privilege as a white, upper-middle class girl from a high school with a high college acceptance rate in the 60s, her lax attitude about the future isolates her from her peers. Transition. The beginning of the film flashes back to her stomach being pumped after she chased sleeping pills with vodka, most likely after her affair with her married English teacher. After her failed suicide attempt, her therapist suggests that she needs proper rest at Claymoore, a nearby mental institution. Although initially shocked and reluctant, she signs herself into a place where she encounters several other patients, including the rebellious, sociopath Lisa. Unlike Susanna, Lisa embraces her label as a sociopath, and Lisa’s charm and free spirit, despite her environment, gave Susanna someone to emulate. Their misadventures begin with spitting out daily medication, behaving combatively dur ing resisting therapy, and climaxes with their escape attempt. At Claymore, Susanna is diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder to explain her unstable moods and impulses. However, Susanna states that â€Å"Maybe I’m crazy. Or Maybe it was the ‘60s† to imply that the assassination of Kennedy, Woodstock, War drafts, and the Civil Rights Movement had everyone, especially the young generation, depressed, anxious, and defensive. Even without time’s influence, Susanna’s personality as socially awkward,Show MoreRelatedMean Girls Movie Analysis851 Words   |  4 Pages Mean Girls begins with the initiation of Cady Heron into â€Å"girl world†. Cady, growing up in Africa, has been homeschooled her entire life and is not used to the interactions faced in high school. Upon meeting â€Å"The Plasatics†- Regina George, Gretchen Wieners, and Karen Smith- Cady was taken under their wing. 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