Author Archives: DYLAN TEXEIRA

The videos that I decided to watch were Superman, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmdit. Each video is completely different, but has a unique way of showing displacement in many ways. Sometimes people tend to not get the person like in the video of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmdit. The video is about a girl who looked like she was trapped from society in some dungeon and was there for years. It seems that it was a rescue mission while she was in that dungeon. While she was “rescued” she doesn’t want to go back to where she was before and wants to stay in the city. While she is exploring the city it seems that she is an older woman that acts like a young girl and it doesn’t seem normal to others. This is where displacement comes into play when she tries to interact with people then tends not to get her. When people first interact with her they look confused by her actions. Even though she seems to be a very nice person, with her maturity people don’t want to interact with her. Even though she is trying to find herself in the city it’s hard to adapt because of the mindset she has of her being a little girl. Superman tends to show displacement differently. Most people know Superman, he is one of the most known superheroes ever. In the video, Superman is the one that is being displaced in this. How can superman feel displaced? He is a superhero! It tends to not be the case because Superman originally comes from another planet called Krypton and comes to the world and sees everything different. Tends to probably feel lost. Superman is trying to figure how he uses his powers and how to use his powers to save others powers. Superman tends to work in an office where he pretends to be a regular person. After he figures his powers and how to use them Superman wants to be hidden when he transitions to Superman. Superman has to pretend to be someone else to cover for the actual Superman. I believe that shows displacement because it shows Superman tends to be displaced when he changes his look because he can be the Superman he wants to be without covering his look. Finally, the last film and favorite the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. I’ve been watching this show as a child and I love this show. So, Fresh Prince of Bel Air starring Will Smith is shown where Will is from South Philly and gets into a conflict that makes him move out  his neighborhood and move into his uncle. When Will was in South Philly, he was from an extremely poor area and when he moved to Bel Air it was the complete opposite. Will is an extremely funny character in this film where he always cracks jokes and makes people laugh, but when he first arrives at Bel Air it seems he doesn’t fit in right away. When it comes to the way he talks, dressed, and the way he acts didn’t fit for people in Bel Air. When he meets Uncle Phil, right away he makes comments on his slang, clothing and the way he acts. Will has to adapt in this new setting his in than where he was originally from. 

In Fiesta 1980, even though Yunior doesn’t want to be like his father, his brother has the intentions that his father has. We see different characteristics while Yunior and his brother are at the party. During the party Yunior and his brother see two girls and they have different intentions toward these girls. In the article, Yunior describes the girls as “cute as hell”(36). Yunior and his brother are trying to communicate with the girls that they met and one of the girls says that Yunior was “mute”(36). What this shows about Yunior is that he is extremely shy and this also has to do with his carsickness. It seems throughout the article every time Yunior tends to be nervous he is always car sick and that’s how he felt at this moment. On the other hand, Yunior’s brother tends to act like his father. In Fiesta 1980, Yunior and his brother’s father are attracted to multiple girls even though he is a married man. Their father has a belief that it’s fine to have multiple women at one time. Also, in the story their father is with a Puerto Rican woman while he is still with his son’s mother. Yunior’s brother tends to really be  attracted like his father and tries to retaliate in some way. Even though there brothers they tend to act differently in certain situations.