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“The Asphalt Jungle” movie is about a cluster of career offenders including Dix Handley who were pulled together for a jewel heist by an immoral architect Doc Riedenschneider. Each personality in the film embodies the principles of the hopeless Criminal and consequently an entity of derision and scorn (Unruh 76). The paper will discuss how the “psychological disturbance in the perception of the world” transforms the static aspect of the movie Asphalt Jungle (1950) and the image of the American Dream.
Throughout the movie, there is evidence of the effect of “psychological disturbance in the perception of the world.” The perception of the world and the need to have huge material wealth encourages good people to commit a crime. Emmerich, a successful, smart lawyer got involved in unethical behavior and illegal activities. These major criminalities usually increase from smaller crimes or gaps in a verdict that are restructured by a skid of psychological causes (Martin n.p). Though the plan to steal the jewels had been planned well, psychological disturbance in the perception of the world kept changing the reasoning of the characters involved. A participant known as Dix tried to hit the watchman as they entered the venue but unintentionally fired his firearm wounding Louis. Scared to take him to a medic, he delivered Louis to his family, where his spouse Maria cried helplessly seeing him die (The Asphalt Jungle n.p). The shooting spree continued throughout the movie and eventually, police got involved.

Therefore, the planning and execution of the heist were dominated by the psychological disturbance that kept on transforming the static aspect of the movie and the intentions of the actors. The characters in “The Asphalt Jungle” valued material success than morality.
The psychological disturbance in the perception of the world has led to the transformation of the American Dream. The American dream has transformed profoundly over the centuries. The American Dream preordained mutual respect, freedom and parity of opportunity. Meaning, the dream was about morality, not the material success (Shiller n.p). However, the static aspect of the American dream has transformed to the material success. The transformation of the American Dream is because of psychological disturbance in the perception of the world that encourage people to value material success more than morality.
Works Cited
The Asphalt Jungle. “The Asphalt Jungle (1950) – Full Synopsis – TCM.com.” Turner Classic Movies, www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/26/The-Asphalt-Jungle/full-synopsis.html. Accessed 24 Oct. 2018.
Martin, Emmie. “Psychological Reasons Why Good People Do Bad Things.” Business Insider, 3 Sept. 2014, www.businessinsider.com/psychological-reasons-people-do-bad-things-2014-8? IR=T. Accessed 24 Oct. 2018.
Shiller, Robert J. “The Transformation of the ‘American Dream?” The New York Times – Breaking News, World News & Multimedia, 22 Dec. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/upshot/the-transformation-of-the-american-dream.html. Accessed 24 Oct. 2018.
Unruh, Isley. “The Asphalt Jungle Analysis.” KU Scholar Works, 2016, kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/22379/Unruh_ku_0099M_14727_DATA_1.pdf?sequence=1. Accessed 24 Oct. 2018.