Sunset Boulevard Manipulat Personality Disorder

1. The movie Sunset Boulevard follows a writer, a man named Joe who comes across an old mansion while trying to hide his car which is about to be reclaimed because he is unable to pay his bills. Desperate for a job, he starts to read the script of the old Hollywood star that lives in the mansion, Norma Desmond. Norma was once one of the biggest silent film stars in Hollywood, but once talking pictures got popular and she got older, there was less demand for her work, and she has spent the last twenty years in her mansion, awaiting for her return to the stage. The script she has written is with herself in the starring role. Although the script is awful, Joe agrees to edit in in exchange for money and a place to stay the night. However, he ends up staying for much longer. Although the character of Joe is interesting in his ambitions and his willingness to …show more content…
She has had many cases of attempting suicide in the past, to the point where there are no more locks on any of the doors in the house and the gas in her room is turned off as a safety precaution. She also is socially withdrawn, staying in her house alone for days on end, only occasionally going into the outside world. The only people she interacts with are Joe, Max, and several other old actor friends. Who come by and play cards with her every once in a while. Narcissistic Personality Disorder may stem from genetics of biology, or from a dynamic where the person is overly criticized or adored at one point in their life, usually from a parent. Nothing is mentioned of Norma’s parents, but she got into Hollywood when she was very young, and was very successful very young. She likely got a lot of adoration and not much criticism for most of her career, and so when her career ended and she was not the star of the public eye anymore, her mind did not know how to deal with life without constant