Task 2: Social Group Representation in 'SOLO'

list of films with main characters with some sort of disability

 Forrest Gump: Forrest Gump

Chance the Gardener: Being There



 Radio: Radio

 Raymond Babbit: Rain Man

Lennie Small: Of Mice and Men

 

 

 

Mental disabilities affects at the most every 3 per 100 people living in  America. It makes people take advantage of them because they do not know or properly understand what is going on in their surroundings. This is shown when George is always telling Lennie about the rabbits and the land "that they are going to get" with Lennie not knowing the truth George uses this to make Lennie shut up when he needs him to.

Has been used in different cartoons.

The idea of a gigantic man with a mental disability wanting to pet rabbits but ends up crushing them has been used in many cartoons such as the "Looney Tunes."

 

Effects of Mental Retardation.

Mental retardation is categorized in different classes of IQ(intelligence quotient). Patients are diagnosed with Mental Retardation when their IQ is below the Borderline intellectual functioning Class of 0f 70. Many People with Mental Retardation experience the symptoms of delays in learning, difficulty remembering and difficulty with social skills. They usually have speech problems when talking.

 

 

in of mice and men Lennie comes under the social group of mentally retarded. however in the time when the film was set Lennie would have just been called stupid. Lennie is treated by people with in his community  as if he were a small child , he is spoken to very basically and is always being told what to do as he is always being controlled by others.