base on a true story of how a man ahead of his time the great 19th century american poet and humanist walt whitman make a significant contribution to how western medicine treat people with psychological problem . interested in the treatment of people with psychological problem and he begin to associate with psychiatric worker and patient . after see the psychological method of the time ( inhumane and ignorantly cruel method ) and walt reject those method and and treat patient with compassion and dignity and encourage other people to do the same > the story of walt interaction with psychiatric worker and patient and townsfolk be full of drama and good humor and wisdom . represent ) .