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i am sam

i am sam. love is all you need. Logan Taylor & Uyen Do. Uyen & Logan. i am sam preview. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H9Yh5z2hAI. Warm your brain up!. Uyen & Logan. Choose someone sitting close to you and discuss this question:

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i am sam

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  1. i am sam love is all you need Logan Taylor & Uyen Do

  2. Uyen & Logan i am sam preview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H9Yh5z2hAI

  3. Warm your brain up! Uyen & Logan • Choose someone sitting close to you and discuss this question: In your opinion, do you think that a mentally disabled parent has the ability to love and care for their children? • Make sure you can justify your opinion to the class.

  4. Table of Contents • Basic Plot • Characters • Major Points • Point of view • Scenes & Clips • Issues • Relating to Anthropology • Relating to Psychology • Relating to Sociology • Impact of the movie • Recommendation • Understanding of Human Condition • Just a heads-up

  5. Uyen Do Quote Rita: I just don't know what to call you: retarded, mentally retarded, mentally handicapped, mentally disabled, intellectually handicapped, intellectually disabled, developmentally disabled...  Sam: You can call me Sam.

  6. Uyen Do Quote Lucy: Daddy, did God made for you to be like this or was it an accident? Sam: Ok, what do you mean? Lucy: I mean you're different. Sam: But what do you mean? Lucy: You're not like other daddies. Sam: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Yeah, I'm sorry. Lucy: It's ok, daddy. It's ok. Don't be sorry. I'm lucky. Nobody else's daddy ever comes to the park. Sam: Yeah! Yeah! Yeah, we are lucky. Aren't we lucky? Yeah! 

  7. Logan Taylor Basic Plot • Sam Dawson is a mentally disabled man fighting for custody of his daughter • Mind capacity of a 7 year old • Raises Lucy until she is 7, then school becomes an issue and she intentionally holds herself back • Court and Child Services get involved, entire custody trial begins • Rita Harrison agrees to do probono as Sam’s lawyer • In the end Sam receives custody of Lucy with assistance of foster parents

  8. Logan Taylor Characters • Sam Dawson • Rita Harrison Williams • Lucy Diamond Dawson • Annie Cassell • Margaret Calgrove • Mr.Turner • Randy Carpenter • Sam’s friends

  9. Logan Taylor Sam Dawson • Loves the Beatles • Mentally disable man fighting for custody of his daughter Lucy

  10. Logan Taylor Sam is recording a message for his answering machine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06dzdp7cQLU&feature=related

  11. Rita Harrison • Lawyer for Lucy and Sam • Offers pro bono • Grow close with Sam • Has a difficult family life, learns with Sam how challenging life can be Logan Taylor

  12. Logan Taylor Rita breaks down and tells Sam about her personal struggles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTfyWI7_A9U

  13. Logan Taylor Lucy Diamond Dawson • Sam Dawson’s daughter, intentionally holding herself back to protect her father • 7 years old • Intellectually more intelligent than Sam • Taken from her father • Eventually re-united with Sam • Very mature and advanced all around

  14. Logan Taylor Sam is telling Lucy how he is going to get an answering machine. Lucy is saying how she only wants Sam as her father, no one else. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f56PQamiR_A

  15. Logan Taylor Annie Cassell • Lucy’s god mother & piano teacher • Helps Sam take care of Lucy sometimes • Phobia of leaving her home (agoraphobia)

  16. Logan Taylor Margaret Calgrove • Child services • Takes Lucy from Sam

  17. Logan Taylor Mr.Turner • Opposing Lawyer • Does not believe Sam has the capacity to look after Lucy

  18. Logan Taylor Randy Carpenter • Foster mother for Lucy; assigned by Child Services • At first does not believe Sam can take care of Lucy later realizes she is wrong • Assists Sam in raising Lucy after trial is over

  19. Logan Taylor Sam’s friends • Brad, Joe, Robert and Lfty • Sam’s best friends • All have mental disabilities • Support Sam through out courtroom and life

  20. Logan Taylor Sam and his friends go out to buy Lucy a pair of shoes for school. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g92fueqZi48

  21. Logan Taylor Major Points in film • Mother abandons Lucy and Sam • Sam raises Lucy on his own until she is 7 • Plans surprise birthday party for Lucy, accidentally hurts little boy • Lucy brought to child services • Trial begins • Lucy and Sam have visit where Lucy explains he is the only daddy she wants • Lucy and Sam run away

  22. Logan Taylor Major Points in film • Lucy takes the stand • Lucy put into care of Randy and husband • Annie takes the stand • Sam takes the stand • Sam stops visiting Lucy at new home, feels no hope • Sam moves closer to Lucy • Lucy begins sneaking over to his house • Final trial takes place • Same wins custody with the exception of Randy’s assistance

  23. Uyen Do Point of view

  24. Scene 1Sam taking care of the newborn Uyen Do

  25. Scene 2Lucy growing up and questions about her dad’s mental problem and the absence of her mother. Uyen Do

  26. Scene 3Lucy’s friend, Connor, makes fun of her dadSam has trouble reading a children’s book. Uyen Do

  27. Scene 4The arrestSam finds out he has the intellectual capacity of a 7 year old. Uyen Do

  28. Uyen Do Issues • Sam has to overcome many issues but the strongest one is having his daughter taken away from him. He had to find a lawyer who could get her back for him.

  29. Uyen Do Issues • Central theme of the movie being expressed by Rita, “that every parent has felt disabled in some way regarding the rearing of their children and the decisions they have to make.” • Every parent including normal ones have trouble raising their kids. • Sam has disability so therefore people think he can’t raise his own child.

  30. Relating to Anthropology Uyen Do • Scientific Method • Nature vs. Nurture • Nature-Lucy is born to become a strong and independent girl. She is smarter than kids her age. • Nurture-Lucy draws a picture of her family, she draws herself bigger than her dad because she feels that she is the one taking care of him.

  31. Annie thinks that if Lucy is taken away from her father, a piece of her will be taken away also. Uyen Do http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0WrsQbIqI4&feature=related 1:10 – 2:15

  32. Relating to Psychology • Sam has a form of down syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). • Psychosexual Development Theory (Freud) • Phallic (3-6 years)-Lucy develops a close tie with her dad. Uyen & Logan

  33. Relating to Psychology • Perception • How the court and outsiders see Sam • They think Sam is incapable of raising his own daughter and decide that it is best for her to live with foster parents. Uyen & Logan

  34. Uyen Do Lucy suggests running away and start a new life. She doesn’t want to be taken away from her father. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7eVV_gVnGY&feature=related 4:06 – 5:09

  35. Relating to Psychology Uyen Do • Id-When Rita tells Sam to lie to Mr. Turner. • When Sam’s friend told him to lie when he was recording a message for his answering machine. • Superego-He refuses to because he doesn’t believe in lies. • Ego-When Sam was in court, he did not lie nor sugar coated his words, he spoke from the heart.

  36. Relating to Psychology Uyen Do • Denial • Lucy lies when she was under oath. • Lucy was being teased for having a retard as a father, she has become too embarrassed to accept that she is more intellectual advanced than Sam.

  37. Relating to Psychology Uyen Do • The Psychosocial Development Theory (Erikson) • Trust vs. Mistrust • Samtook care of Lucy when she was a baby, and Annie plays a small role as a mother although later on, Sam said that Lucy needs a mother for Annie is agoraphobic and doesn’t leave her house.

  38. Relating to Psychology Uyen Do • Initiative vs. Guilt • Lucy goes to school and falls behind her class, Sam does not have the knowledge to read her a simple book. When Lucy couldn’t read the word “difficult”, she gives up and it was Sam who encouraged her to read it.

  39. Uyen Do Relating to Psychology • Industry vs. Inferiority • The Child and Family Department worries that when Lucy grows older and hit puberty, Sam will not be able to provide her with all the information she will be asking for.

  40. Uyen Do Relating to Psychology • The Moral Development Theory (Kohllberg) • Preconventional Stage • Since Sam thinks like a 7 year-old, he is still going through the Preconventional stage where he thinks that if he lies, he will get punished and when he was sitting in the school office with two other students, he was very anxious because he thought he was in trouble.

  41. Uyen Do Relating to Psychology • Only child • When Sam took Lucy out to buy a pair of shoes for school, she was allowed to buy whichever pair she wants even if it costs him a lot of money, he just wants her to be happy. • She is the center of interest, Sam cares about her a lot. • We can see that she has a high achievement drive, she is good at soccer and a very good painter.

  42. Relating to Sociology • Sam has a habit of eating at IHOP and when he goes to Bob’s Big Boy where they don’t have French pancakes he begins to feel like his routine is messed up. Uyen & Logan

  43. Relating to Sociology • When Sam and Lucy run away, Sam tells Lucy it is wrong- relates to values • Margret takes Lucy away from Sam because she does not believe he has the capacity to take care of her- relates to laws • Lucy is upset she is taken away from her father- relates to socialization “The Family” Uyen & Logan

  44. Relating to Sociology • The Family • Lucy has been raised by her father and the absence of mother affects how she socialize with other kids. • She realizes that her dad is different from other daddies. • Unintentional and Intentional Uyen & Logan

  45. Relating to Sociology • The Peer Group • Lucy tells her friends that she was adopted so they would not think that she is different and befriend her. • She wants to fit in with the other kids. • More concerned about making friends. Uyen & Logan

  46. Relating to Sociology • Conformity • Lucy conform to her friends because she wants to avoid being outcast, and wants to feel the sense of belonging like other kids do. Uyen & Logan

  47. Uyen Do Scene • Lucy told her friends she was adopted and was taken away from her father.

  48. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJV1SBT4v04&feature=related 2:04 – 2:11 Lucy told her friends she was adopted. Uyen Do

  49. Some important symbols • Paper crane • Music with clapping sound Uyen Do

  50. Logan Taylor Impact • I am Sam is a phenomenal movie • Mental disability doesn’t mean you cannot love • Shows the emotional state of people with disabilities • Touching • One can determine one’s life

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