Patch_Adams

Patch Adams The Discernment of Patch Adams Hunter “Patch” Adams is the main character in the film Patch Adams. Hunter was lost and confused when he checked himself into a mental hospital after trying to commit suicide. Plagued with the uncertainties of life, he realized that he needed to get medical help. Throughout the movie it is easy to see how his character grows and uses the discernment process to bring meaning to his life as well as others he came in contact with. At the mental hospital Patch is able take the time needed to make a clear choice on what he will do with his life with his head and his heart. Arthur Mendelson, one of the patients at the hospital, shows Patch how to look beyond the problem to find his answers. Later on that evening he helps his roommate Rudy kill the imaginary squirrels. It is at that moment that Patch realizes the answer that he has been searching for. He realizes that he wants to, “help people, learn about people, and listen to people”. Rudy and the other patients at the mental hospital helped him to help himself. He was able to forget patch, hospital, help, people, patients, able, others, himself, being, needed, helping, because, medical, life, discernment, realizes, process, mental, doctor, about, while, time, something, shows, school, rudy, principle, love, helped, heart, god, forget, everyone, death, corinne