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College of Criminology

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“ Shutter Island ”

The story revolved about a man named, Teddy Daniels A US

Marshall who, whit his partner, Chuck Alue, went to an island known as
“Shutter Island” to conduct an investigation regarding the escape patient
of the said psychiatric institution, upon arriving, he met Dr. Cawley, the
person in charge of the facility. There he found out that the said patient
was named, Rachel Solando, when he went to his room, he had found a
piece of a paper containing a riddle saying “ the law of 4, Who is 67?”.

During the investigation, some memebers of the facility was uneager to

search for the said patient, and during teddy’s interview with some of
patient, one of them told him to run away from the place. This event had
added to his curiosity and felt that something was wrong, everyone has
his own secrets until it was revealed that even Teddy, has a hidden
agenda, he was there for his own reason. He was there to look for,
Andrew Laeddis, the one who killed his wife, Dolores Chanal.

As go days go by, many things had happened, he had met George Noyce,
his informant about the island and he was shock about what he see, he
was locked in the Ward C up that dark room. While conducting his
investigation, his instict had brought him into a cave, wherein he met
and find, an escape psychiatrist of the institution. She had dropped the
bomb to Teddy, the shutter island is no ordinary island. It is a place
where experiments where done, and that even him is victim of.

She said that bit by bit they are drugging him and making him insane.
She also tipped him that they conduct the experiments to the old
lighthoue, after the conversation, he was immediately found by a one of
the security officers and brought back to the facility.

Eagerness and curiosity bothered him, that’s why he had taken next step
which is he wen to the old lighthouse, upon arriving he saw Dr. Cawley,
that is when the reality was revealed. Andre Laeddis isa a psychriatric
patient named “Edward Daniels” his wife killed herself in front of his
after drowning her kids, that had been a reason fo his illness, his
psychriatrist, Dr. Sheehan and Dr. Cawley had taken a big risk by riding
with his delusion, making it appear real, slowly showing him the reality.
Others had condemmed them for doing that, that being a good man,
they want Daniels to regain his sanity, whatever it takes. At the end of
the story, Daniels had said something that had brought hope upon them
all, it is when he stood up, surrendered himself and said, “Which would
be worse? To live as a monster or Die as a good man?”

Sanity is not a choice. It is a one of the things that the movie “

Shutter Island ” wants to show. No one wants to have a psychological
problem. They are just victims of the circumstances that they weren’t
able to accept. This is something that Dr. Sheehan and Dr. Cawley had
always believed in. Daniel is one of the victim, the past always keep
hunting him and made him make a world of his own wherein only things
he wants to see, feels and experience exist.

The way of the two doctors treated and risk their profession just to help
daniels show how a true caregiver should be. And us, should have more
open mind and understanding heart especially in handling such patients,
Everyone deserves humane treatment.