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American Beauty:
Characters
- Lester Burnham
- Stuck in the
American Dream
- Externally- Happy
its an 'image'
- Internally- Unhappy
his true feelings
- Lives with a wife
who hates him
- Immoral- fancies
his daughters friend
- Stuck in the
American Dream
- Carolyn Burnham
- Instant dislike- High
maintenance and spoilt
- Insecure when her
appearance is spoken about
- OCD and Materialistic-
Her lust for the 'image'
- Dependant on Lester
although appears otherwise
- Instant dislike- High
maintenance and spoilt
- Jane Burnham
- Appears to be damaged-
No parental figure
- Artificiality- She doesn't
want to be fake.
- Bad relationship
with her parents
- Hard to sympathise with
her- She shows no emotion
- Appears to be damaged-
No parental figure
- Ricky Fitts
- Dislike him- He's
a drug dealer
- Obsessive- Autistic?
Socially Awkward?
- Relatively difficult to sympathise-
He shows no emotion
- Can sympathise with him when
we hear about his childhood
- Dislike him- He's
a drug dealer
- Frank Fitts
- Based on Alan
Ball's Father
- Over-compensates on
the 'tough' image
- Fell sympathetic for him- He's
forced to hide his feelings
- Insecure- Feels the
world is against him
- Based on Alan
Ball's Father
- Barbra Fitts
- Victimised by
her husband
- Lack of
individuality
- Sympathise with her
because of her mental state
- Victimised by
her husband
- Angela Hayes
- Naïve and false
shows her immaturity
- Image to 'fit in' with
others in her society
- Scared of being a
normal person
- An epitome of
celebrity culture
- Naïve and false
shows her immaturity
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