Analysis Of Mental Entrapment In 'Dear Evan Hansen' By Tom Mccarthy

The theme I am exploring in this essay is mental entrapment. The texts I will be exploring are: Dear Evan Hansen written by singer/songwriter Val Emmich, The fault in our stars by John Green, 13 reasons why directed by Tom McCarthy based on the book by Jay Asher, and All the bright places directed by Brett Haley based on the book by Jeniffer Niven. Dear Evan Hansen is a book about a teenager with a social anxiety disorder. Who learns that someone in his school commits suicide. The boy who died is found with a letter from Evan and desperate to finally fit in and make friends, Evan goes along with the lie. The Fault in our stars is a movie based on the book about a girl named Hazel Lancaster who has thyroid cancer. She goes to a cancer support

Bipolar is a disorder which causes extreme changes in mood. High periods of mood are called mania which is where someone can be extremely energetic and euphoric and low periods of mood are called depression. Which is where the person may feel sad and hopeless. The extreme change in mood can affect sleep, energy activity, judgement, behaviour, and the ability to think clearly. In the movie All the bright places one of the main characters Theodore Finch has bipolar this causes people to judge him all throughout his school day. He is seen as energetic, hyper and disruptive. He has a hard time controlling what he says and does and acts on impulse. As the other main character, Violet Markey gets closer to him she realises he is not all just happy and energetic. Theodore disappears once every few months without telling anyone. He tends to snap at people and get upset easier. The last time he disappeared he ended up drowning in a lake by trying to see how long he could hold his breath underwater. On multiple occasions Violet calls him selfish and ignorant. Without knowing he has a mental health disorder. People with bipolar are seen as annoying when they are in a manic state and selfish when they are in a depression state because people aren't used to moods changing so fast they mistake it for selfishness and attention seeking. People with bipolar struggle to express their emotions because they are so extreme and

Which means she has to carry around an oxygen tank in case she has trouble breathing. Augustus has a type of bone cancer called osteosarcoma. He had his leg amputated and is in remission. Being diagnosed with cancer and being a teenager is a struggle. One in every 285 children in New Zealand will develop cancer. Teenagers going to highschool that have been diagnosed with cancer will feel isolated. Not many people at high schools have cancer so not many people will be able to empathize or relate. “That was the worst part about having cancer, sometimes: The physical evidence of disease separates you from other people.” Hazel says this in the book. She talks about how different and separated she feels from the rest of the world. Which is why her parents decide to put her in a cancer support group where she meets