Name - Edward 'Teddy' Daniels/Andrew Laeddis (Leornardo DiCaprio)
U.S. Marshal/Mental Patient.
Andrew Laeddis is represented in an abstract fashion due to his disability. He has a split personality, as he tries to create a new psychological life and persona for himself. He tries to fashion himself into a hero under the alias of Teddy Daniels -sent to the island to bring it down- whilst in reality he is actually a mental patient on the island. This gives us a disturbing insight into the characteristics of his mental disability, and because of this, it is a fair representation. We learn to empathise with his condition and imagine how conflicted his character must be.
The character fits a couple of the stereotypes introduced by Paul Hunt - he is an object of violence (his paranoia and conflict cause to him to turn violent) and his split personality makes him his own worst enemy.
He also fits social models of disability, in that he tries to overcome his disability (although he is denial for the majority of the film). However, he fails to overcome his condition and thus meets a tragic end. His disability is also portrayed as socially negative, as he is locked away on an island, cut off from society.
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