Mercury Rising A Look Into Autism
Submitted by Tiziler on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Mercury Rising A Look Into Autism
While studies of the effects of Autism are very prevalent in today's society, there are still those who do not directly understand the nature of this disability. This comes about despite the excellent information that has been given by numerous organizations. A movie that directly shows this correlation between Autism and a man that is virtually unknowledgeable in the disability is Mercury Rising. A nine year old Autistic boy has cracked a government super code, and because of this, his mother and father have been murdered to cover up the National Security breach. An undercover FBI agent must now risk his own life to protect this innocent boy from further harm. In doing so he learns to care for the disabled child and gains more of an understanding as to what Autism is.
Simon, who is a young Autistic boy in the story, is introduced in a manner that shows him to be independent in his ways. This characters portrayal of this disability is easily seen by actions of routine and repetition in the beginning of the story. Also due to Autism, his attention is only drawn to what he wishes to see and hear. As the viewer, it can be seen that Simon is comfortable in his everyday life. Simple repetitive actions, such as always having his mother prepare a cup of hot chocolate everyday after school, gave Simon the self indulgences that every person needs to remain at ease. Much due to his disability, the unknown and differences in life brought fear to him because it was the unknown that he had never experienced. This accurate representation of an Autistic boy gave a great deal of insight to the viewers showing how other characters interacted with the boy.
The writer of this movie must have known that his character, Simon, would be Autistic before the script was ever written. Simply stated, it would not be the same film without Simon having a disability of this magnitude. Portraying Simon as Autistic allowed the writer to show the boy's different way...
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