Analysis Of Silver Linings Playbook

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Silver Linings Playbook opens with Pat Solitano, a former teacher diagnosed with
Bipolar Disorder, being released into the care of his father Patrizio and mother Dolores after eight months in a mental institution. His main focus is to mend his relationship with his wife Nikki, although she has obtained a restraining order against him after Pat found her with another man and nearly beat him to death. Pat insists that he has a new perspective on life, and attempts to see the “silver linings” in every situation. Pat then meets Tiffany, a young widow. She tries to get closer to him and offers to deliver a letter to Nikki—if, in return, he partners with her in an upcoming dance competition, to which
Pat reluctantly agrees. Patrizio, in hopes of