Coping Skills InI am Legend

By: Desiree Woodruff

Movie Description • The Movie is about a man named Robert Neville, who tries to fix agenetically modified virus that was intended to cure cancer. The virusback-fired and turned humanity into vampiric-creatures. 1% ofhumanity was immune to the virus and Robert Neville is one. He is a virologist who helped create the virus and is attempting to reverse it.

Hostile Environment • Robert Neville has survived three years in a hostile environmentagainst vampiric creatures that have been transformed by agenetically enhanced virus to destroy cancer.• In his three years of survival he has coped to the situation bylearning the behaviors of the creatures, such as they avoid sunlightand the ability to recognize one of their nests by what they use asbedding.

Animal Companion

• He has coped to the environment, by training his dog companionvia verbal and non-verbal commands to adapt to the creatureswho have heightened senses (He was inseparable from the animal).• He has coped socially with his dog companion by talking to it asthough it were human, he thinks out the responses the animalwould say if it could speak.

Mannequins

• Robert Neville has coped socially by dressing and namingmannequins. He attempts to live out his old social life throughthese inanimate objects. He does this by setting them up in an oldmovie rental shop and engages with each one as he does his dailyroutine.

Regular Routine

• To help keep himself sane, Robert Neville has developed aroutine each and every day.• He would do his exercise first thing in the morning.• He would go the movie rental shop.• He would broadcast a radio across AM frequencies for any survivors.• He would hunt wild animals for food.• He would fish.• He would practice his golfing skills.• He would attempt to find a cure for the virus.

Activities/Entertainment

• Robert Neville would distract his mind from the situation by:• Fishing• Golfing• Playing ball with his dog• Farming• Practicing skills• Movies• Music