Painterly brass cartridge case standing in an open white pill bottle on marble, with its cap beside it.

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Dr. Sobel

What is my goal here, to make you a happy, well-adjusted gangster?

— Analyze This  ·  1999

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The question exposes a tension between personal wellbeing and a life of crime. Becoming well-adjusted seems an uneasy goal for a gangster.

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