The Sixth Sense

Self disclosure

At the beginning of the movie, cole did not believe the Dr Malcolm was able to help him with his condition. He was called a freak at school for seeing and saying things that would put people in distress. To make things worse, he was being physically and mentally abused by his peers and teachers for instance, in a history class, his teacher became mad and shouted at Cole when Cole annoy him Infront of the class. In addition to that, his peers locked him up I'm a dungeon in a birthday party celebration. Even the child psychologist Cole used to see was not able to help him with his situation. As a result. Cole would easily assume Dr Malcolm to be just another individual who would eventually lose faith on him.

Fortunately, Dr Malcolm was determine in helping Cole. He first attempted to gain Cole's trust by playing games and showing magic tricks to him. Although Cole and Dr Malcolm started becoming friends, Cole was still holding back to his secrets. He only started exposing his secret when Dr began sharing about his failing relationship with his wife. When Dr Malcolm disclose himself to Cole, it showed that he had handed his trust to Cole. In return, Cole decided to trust Dr Malcolm by reviewing the secret he has been hiding all these while.

Personal biases

I am both surprise and disappointed when I saw the twist of the film when Dr Malcolm realized that he was already dead. My initial expectation of the film was to see a scientific explanation of why some people claim to see superstitious beings. In the contrary, the film intends to persuade its audiences into believing the existence of  superstitious beings. To be honest, sympathies with Vole's condition, but I personally do not believe in the existence of superstitious being as there is no scientific evidence indicating its existence both directly and indirectly. I would agree with Dr Malcolm's initial assumption that Cole could be suffering from lesions from brain regions like the occipital lobe or may be undergoing schizophrenia of an underlying mental disorder that has yet to be known. However, this is just an assumption from a scientific view. In order to reject the null hypothesis, a thorough research needs to be carried out in this field.