Margaret Dowling-Murphy |
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Margaret Dowling-Murphy |
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23 Comments
Alexa Lucas
3/19/2014 06:43:45 am
1. Sean is saying that Will has knowledge of certain things and events but he never got to experience these things for himself; he only knows what he has read in books and learned about. Sean is saying that Will shouldn't jump to conclusions about his life. Will is scared to talk about his past so he avoids it by changing the subject while talking with the therapists.
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Dylan Wong
3/19/2014 07:08:11 am
1. In the first scene 2nd therapy lesson with Sean, Sean lashes out at Will . He explains that Will is ignorant and naive. Sean tells Will his past and says that Will cant possibly understand any of the feelings Sean felt. Even if Will has read them Sean believes he will never fully understand them the way he is.
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Carly Campos
3/19/2014 07:09:10 am
1. Sean is saying that he cannot personally see into what Will has been through and experienced, and that it was wrong of Will to try and analyze Sean through his painting. One cannot truly know a person without hearing their story in the first-person. Will, instead of coming to terms with his past and rising above it, chooses to avoid it which becomes a roadblock to him reaching his full potential.
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Ms. Dowling Murphy
3/20/2014 05:01:29 am
Carly - Good insight into their roadblocks. Nicely articulated.
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Matt kowalchuk
3/19/2014 07:38:59 am
1- if the first scene Sean is talking to will and saying that although he is a brilliant mind he hasn't had a lot I life experiences. He said that just because you can read a book and read how something is destined it is completely different then the way you would see it in real life if you had a first hand experience.
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Meagan Trozzo
3/19/2014 10:33:51 am
1. Sean tries to explain to Will that he is sure that Will has had a tough life, but Sean can not personally fully understand everything that Will has been through, and how it has made Will the type of person he is. Sean tells Will that he cannot do the same thing to him. He says it was foolish of Will to try and interpret Seans life through his painting. One cannot simply act like they know the hardships another has endured, when they haven't experienced it. Wills roadblocks are himself, avoiding everything that might make him have to open up.
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Shawn Shapiro
3/19/2014 10:51:29 am
1. Sean is trying to explain to Will that no matter what he learns in any book Will still can not fully understand the true feelings that someone can be feeling in certain moments. He uses examples like loving a woman or art in the Sistine chapel to show to Will that he will not truly understand people through books, only through actually experiencing the roadblocks that a person has to go through. Some roadblocks that Will has is his background of foster families and poverty which prevent him from going to a great college and receiving the education that he wants so that he can become the genius he can be. He comes with this by drinking, fighting, and differing conversation to avoid subjects about himself.
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Ms. Dowling Murphy
3/20/2014 05:04:21 am
1. Right - certain things have to be EXPERIENCED in order to be fully appreciated. Will has a lot of book knowledge, but not a lot of real-world experience. Therefore, as smart as he is, his understanding of life is limited and always will be unless he takes risks.
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Chastity Morel-Mirabal
3/19/2014 10:54:01 am
1. In the therapy sessions with Will, Sean is trying to say how Will is such a very smart person but doesn't really know a lot about the outside world. He does read and understand things but when it comes to certain events Will isn't very expirienced in that particular area. He also states how silly it is to interpreted someone's life through a painting instead of learning the whole story first. Will likes to learn new things but when it comes to it involving him in it, he wouldn't go and try to full fill them but ignore them and put them aside.
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Joey Ruggiero
3/19/2014 11:24:43 am
1) Sean is trying to relay the fact that, although Will is a brilliant young individual, he has a very finite amount of experience under his belt about real life situations. He can read all the books about life that he wants but he will never learn about or how to cope with key emotions such as love, hate, and fear unless he experiences them himself. Will's roadblocks include the fact that he is an arrogant, ignorant kid who avoids his problems by either running away from them or not taking them seriously. He treats his first few psychiatrist sessions as jokes when he should be considering what potential he has.
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Ms. Dowling Murphy
3/20/2014 05:06:29 am
1. Good point about his roadblocks and defense mechanisms.
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Jake Exkorn
3/19/2014 11:41:20 am
1. Sean was willing to miss one of the most intense baseball games to "go see about a girl." This shows that he was able to risk talking to a girl he had never met before, just because he believed there was a chance that he could spend his life with her. Sean explains to Will that the only way to really get to know someone is to at least try. He said that Will's philosophy of restraining from connections would lead him to "go the rest of (his) life without really knowing anyone."
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Carli Festa
3/19/2014 12:52:34 pm
1. Sean is trying to show Will that although he is a genius, he is an unexperienced genius. He knows all about everything because he sat in a library and read about it. He hasn't experienced the best parts of life and hasn't experienced "true loss" yet. Sean wants Will to stop being so "cocky and scared" and get out there and experience life by falling in love, or leaving Boston. One roadblock Will faces is himself. He's too scared of getting hurt and too guilty to enjoy himself most of the time. Will's coping mechanisms include smoking, drinking, and violence. He also keeps himself isolated from most people.
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Vincent Pepe
3/19/2014 01:06:10 pm
1.What Sean is saying is that he knows nothing about Will and will not know anything about him unless Will Finally opens up to him. His point is that you don't know about anyone's life until they told you about it, and inferring will possibly lead you to a wrong answer.
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Ms. Dowling Murphy
3/20/2014 05:08:33 am
2. The fact that he hasn't resumed these other activities since her death is further evidence that he's in a rut because of her loss.
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Hansel Almonte
3/19/2014 01:06:17 pm
1. Sean is trying to tell will that he won't get anywhere in his life if he shuts himself off from the people who see the potential he has, and that Will needs to understand and express his true feelings, instead of shutting himself off from the people who actually care and want to help him. Will's insecurity and uncertainty with himself is his own roadblock, and Will needs to gain confidence in order to draw out his true potential.
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Emily Conlan
3/19/2014 01:32:19 pm
1. Sean says that even though Will may be a genius, he doesn't know anything about Sean's life. He was too quick to judge Sean based on books he read and things he learned, rather than his personal experience. Some of Will's roadblocks are his lack of money and support system. He does not cope well with his hardships. When Sean tries to help him, he avoids questions and uses sarcasm.
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Jackie Diller
3/19/2014 09:08:26 pm
1) Sean is trying to make Will understand that he needs to start actually live his life, try new things and know how these things are first hand. Sean also wants Will to know that although he may have had a tough life, he can't understand other peoples hardships unless he experienced them himself. Also Sean tries to get Will to open up more to him and get Will to realize that he is a very intelligent person but hasn't been living up to his full potential.
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Ms. Dowling Murphy
3/20/2014 05:09:42 am
2. ....and his life still seems to "be on hold" as you said.
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Jess B
3/20/2014 03:10:46 am
1) Sean is telling Will that he may be brilliant but he doesnt have any life experiences outside of Boston. He's also saying that Will is just a kid and doesnt know what it feels like to be truely in love with someone. He's telling Will that he wont really experience life if he doesnt leave Boston to go explore new things. At the end of his whole speech he's saying that he cant get Will to open up about his life unless Will chooses to open up about his life.
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Victoria Hernandez
3/20/2014 03:18:51 am
1. The point that Sean is trying to make to Will is that he goes around thinging he has it all figured out and that his uncommon intellegence can overpower his ignorance of life. Will has yet to experence life and all that comes with it so he is in no place to preach his opinions of other's lives. Will's roadblocks are that he fails to open up to people. For example he will not let Skylar into his life to a certain extent. He won't let anyone get close to him which results in him never feeling true love, like the love Sean experienced with his wife.
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Ms. Dowling Murphy
3/24/2014 12:18:10 am
Their relationship seems to be mutually healing.
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Mike Mingione
3/26/2014 06:09:28 am
1) Sean is trying to tell Will that although he reads tons of books and has loads of knowledge, he is still young and doesn't know what it's like to have a passionate love for someone, a love that no book can teach you how to have. Some roadblocks are that Will has never seen what's outside of Boston and has no real knowledge on the real world, only what he reads in books, and that Will has insecurities and pushes others away because he has the fear of being left alone.
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