In the movie RAIN MAIN, describe the symptoms of autism as expressed by.
Raymond (the character played by Dustin Hoffman). List as many as you can,.
and give at least two specific instances to support your points.
No eye contact. Repetitive talking( when he got nervous he would continuously repeats the skit, "who's on first-), paces back and forth, bangs and hits himself, does not like anyone touching him, special abilities. Remembers information good at math), intolerance to change ( when it was 1 minute past Raymond's lunch time , he began to rock back and forth and moan. And he always had to watch is TV shows at the same time), attachment to objects (backpack), problems expressing himself in a traditional way.
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2. Why didnthe father give the Tom Cruise character any inheritance?.
Charlie didn't get any inheritance because despite the fights him and his father got into he never bothered to call or write his father. And when his father tried to contact him he never bothered to get back to him.
3. Why did the father keep the knowledge of Raymond a secret from his.
brother, the Tom Cruise character. For about how many years was this secret.
kept. What does this tell you about the father?.
I don't really know why the father kept Raymond a secret. The only thing I can think of is that maybe the father thought that if he told Charlie, Charlie would feel responsible for Raymond being in the institution. I also think that the father might have told him when he thought he was old enough to understand. But since they became estranged when Charlie was only 16.he never got the chance. This secret has been kept for a good 30 years. The fact that he kept this secret for so long show that Mr. Babbitt truly loved his son Raymond, since he often visited, but I think he might have been a little ashamed that he put Raymond in the institution.
4. What factors of the fatherpersonality could have contributed to the.
personalities of the characters played by Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman?.
