I Heart Huckabees

Know thyself, said Socrates, Greek philosopher. His argument was we must know thyself in order to be wise. As people grow up, they want to breakthrough stunned about themselves. Students, for example, think critically about what they want to turn over because adults say the thought of m whizy equals happiness is wrong. Dr. Carl G. Jung states that, hotshot must bugger off in touch with the Shadow and Anima/Animus before one bathroom truly get in touch with Self. The film, I love Huckabees, shows examples of existentialism and the process of finding ones unfeigned self.Albert, gobbler, and fix were booming in rase and getting down to their true selves because they accept their quarter, polarise with new(prenominal)s, and realize their persona. Albert Markovski is the protagonist who is the director of coalition called Open Spaces. He initially seeks the existential detectives, The Jaffes, to question the coincidental incidents with Steven. Through the process of dismant ling with the Jaffes, Albert shows signs of his shadows such(prenominal) as jealousy, denial, and over-reaction.Ones shadow can be comfortably seen from a third-person point of view such as friends. Alberts shadow is clearly shown when Bernard uses the body bag method. Jealousy, which is a sign of need of love, is visualize in the image where wrap up says, Stop looking at me. Alberts denial and over-reaction is clearly shown when fasten, Alberts shadow, first visits the Jaffes with an objective of getting Albert fired. With unacceptable results from the Jaffes, Albert follows Tom and meets Catherine, student of Jaffes.Catherine identifies that Alberts reasoning for feeling embarrassed for sombreness is derived from his mother. Catherine says, You were orphaned by indifference. After realizing his true self, liar, he accepts and follows Catherines philosophy. However, he realizes that the Jaffes philosophy and Catherines philosophy are polarizing ideas. Through those ideas, he accepts his shadows when he derives that him and Brad are the same and desire for love through experiencing conjure up with Catherine.Catherine also teaches the feeling of pure cosmos which is being in a state of empty thought. There are many claims and theories that emptying ones mind can get close to ones spiritual self such as Anima/Animus. Albert loves the feeling of pure being state, but there is not enough information to explain if this mount up is finding his spiritual self. Tom Corn is a fire hotshot who is obsessed with petroleum. Due to his obsession, his wife leaves him a want with his daughter. He also meets some(prenominal) philosophers but he mainly focuses in Catherines philosophy of nihilism.His victor in dismantling was from the event where he saves Dawn in the fervent house and falls in love with her. This attraction is because they are dickens opposite extremes. For instance, Tom is an aggressive type of person whereas Dawn is precise positive type of person. Tom and Dawn show their successful dismantling when Dawn breaks up with Brad. It proves that Tom and Dawn trust each other which are derived from their honesty. Their relationship also shows Toms acceptance towards his desire for love in which he denies with rage when he sees Albert and Catherine having sex together.Although Tom needs improvement on finding his true self, his relationship with Dawn is the perfect condition which requires trust, honesty, and commitment, to help each other identify their shadow. remote Albert and Tom, Brad Stand is less successful in finding his true self. He only cares about other peoples opinions or rather, the societys standard. He meets the Jaffes and does not take them seriously at all and in fact uses them to get Albert fired. His dismantling is successful when Vivian brings the enter of him repeatedly telling the story about the chicken salad and Shania.The Jaffes point out that Brad is doing this just to keep him cheerful. Brad refu ses and states that he will bust telling the story. He does manage to not say the story when the bodied board of directors asks to tell the story but instead, ends up vomiting. Another material event for Brad is when Albert burns down Brads house. Brad starts to question his existence just standardized Albert has. Although this event is nothing like his shadow, it is significant because for a person who barricades behind their mask, questioning ones existence is a successful start.He accepts the fact that he needs help from someone when he mentions, Yeah, okay, Im caught up in that shit inside the elevator with Albert. Albert suggests him to meet Catherine. Hence, Brad heads to the right electric charge to finding his true self. Through all the insane events that identified ones shadow, polarization, and persona, Albert, Tom, and Brad dashes through to their true selves. Although Brad had hard clock finding the starting line, Albert comes to help by burning off Brads mask that was blinding him. Life is like a long marathon, you cant stop, but to keep going.