SPLIT(2016)
DIRECTED BY M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN
SUMMARY/ SYNOPSIS
KEVIN, WHO IS SUFFERING FROM DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER AND HAS
23 ALTER EGOS, KIDNAPS THREE TEENAGERS. THEY MUST FIGURE OUT HIS
FRIENDLY PERSONAS BEFORE HE UNLEASHES HIS 24TH PERSONALITY. HE IS
SUFFERING FROM A PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER CALLED DISSOCIATIVE
IDENTITY DISORDER. IT IS A REALLY INTERESTING MOVIE WHERE THE MAIN
CHARACTER AKA KEVIN KEEPS 3 TEENAGER GIRLS HOSTAGE FOR A SACRIFICE
THAT HIS 24TH PERSONALITY BELIEVES IN.
MORAL OF THE STORY
• THIS MOVIE IS NOT THE EXACT REPRESENTATION OF WHAT DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY
DISORDER IS BECAUSE AT POINTS IT GETS TO FANTASTICAL. FOR EXAMPLE:IN ONE OF
THE LAST SCENES,KEVIN’S 24TH PERSONALITY GAINS A SUPER HUMAN LIKE
STRENGTH AND GROWS IN HEIGHT AND STARTS TO LOOK LIKE BIGGER IN SIZE
COMPARED TO THE TEENAGE [Link] IS BASICALLY A REPRESENTATION OF HOW
KEVIN’S 24TH PERSONALITY AKA THE [Link] MORAL OF THE MOVIE IS THAT
PEOPLE WITH SUCH PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS SHOULD SEEK FOR HELP AND WE
SHOULD SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE LIKE IN THE MOVIE ,KEVIN STARTS DOUBTING HIS
SANITY WHEN HIS 2TH PERSONALITY STARTS TAKING [Link]’S ABUSIVE
CHILDHOOD RESULTED IN HIM CREATING THESE PERSONALITIES IN HIS HEAD AND
CAUSING HIM TO GET DIAGNOSED WITH DID.
THE DIFFERENCES IN THE MORAL
OF THE STORY
• THIS MOVIE COULD HAVE HAD AN ALTERNATE ENDING,IN THE END OF THE
MOVIE,CASEY AKA ONE OF THE PROTAGONISTS ALMOST GETS KILLED BY
KEVIN’S 24TH [Link] REST OF THE PERSONALITIES AKA
HEINRICH, MARY REYNOLDS, NORMA, GODDARD, BERNICE, POLLY, LUKE,
RAKEL, FELICIA, ANSEL, JELIN, KAT, B.T, SAMUEL, IAN AND MR. PRITCHARD
WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE BEAST WHICH CAN SHOW THAT ALL OF THEM
WORKD TOGETHER WITH COOPERATION BUT AT THE SAME TIME ALL OF HIS
PERSONALITIES GET REALLY CHAOTIC AT A POINT WHEN THEY DISAGREE ON
SOME MATTERS.
• EVEN WHEN KEVIN SEEKED HELP,HE HID THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS 24TH
PERSONALITY AKA THE BEAST FROM HIS THERAPIST SO EVEN IF A PERSON
SEEKS HELP WHILE SUFFERING FROM ANY PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER,THEY
MIGHT NOT GET FULLY TREATED IF THEY DON’T COMPLETELY OPEN UP
ABOUT THEIR PERSONALITIES.
WHAT DID I LEARN FROM THIS
MOVIE?
• THE MOVIE SPLIT HELPED ME UNDERSTAND HOW PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISORDERS CAN NEGATIVELY AFFECT A PERSON’S LIFE AND ALSO THAT IT
MIGHT AFFECT A PERSON TO THE EXTENT WHERE THEY BECOME A
MURDERER OR HARM THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM LIKE KEVIN DID.
• I LEARNT THAT WHY SEEKING HELP DURING IS IMPORTANT WHEN A PERSON
HAS A PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUE OR PROBLEM. IT CAN CAUSE A PERSONS
BELIEFS TO GET REALLY AFFECTED AND MAKES THEM QUESTION THEIR
SANITY.
• I ALSO LEARNT THAT TRAUMAS LIKE AN ABUSIVE CHILDHOOD MIGHT LATER
AFFECT A PERSON IN THEIR LIFE AND CAUSE VARIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISORDERS.
THE END
