Rain man essays

Rain man essays In the 1988 film Rain Man it portrays a man ( Raymond Babbit) with autism. Throughout the movie Raymonds limitations and unusual exceptional abilities are shown. These consist of memories, calculations, environment as well as his behavior towards certain situations and people. One limitation Raymond possesses is how he responds to new environments and people, one example being when he met his brother Charlie and got nervous and began to recite baseball. Another incident being when he was asked, if $.50 is spent out of a dollar how much is left, and Raymond answered 75. This could mean he either cannot subtract or could not answer the question because of how it was asked. A third limitation of an average ability would be Raymonds need to have a set schedule. For instance, he needs to eat certain foods at a specific time, as well as watch his television shows (such as jeopardy) and needs to be in bed by eleven at night every night or he begins to panic. Spontaneous occurrences and things out of the ordinary scare him. A fourth problem of this particular case of autism is social communication. It takes Raymond a longer time to answer if he answers at all. One example of this would be the end of the movie where he is being asked many questions about where and who he wants to stay with. He has trouble understanding specifically what he is being asked and how to answer it. A fifth limitation is his reaction to situations he has never been put in. One of these being the fire alarm that went off, he overreacts because he doesnt know what else to do, also in the airport when he doesnt want to go on the plane because he knows it is not safe. When Raymond is put in situations that he knows are not safe he panics. Lastly of Raymond limitations are how he always repeats himself. It seems as though he does this to reassure himself rather than anyone else. Although Raymond Babbit has many limitations be ...