Freedoms of American Beauty essays

Freedoms of American Beauty essays The Moral American Beauty is such an excellent title for such a great movie. The title is so effective because of the movie being such a beauty in itself as a work of art. Many characters and points within the movie appear to display something other than what they really are on the inside, much like the title American Beauty, which is quite deceiving. As the movie progresses, I feel that Lester, whom is the main character of the movie, goes through the movie as a suppressed person, emotionally and decisively, to one who expresses his natural freedom to its limits. With his newfound freedom put in action I feel that Lester loses sight of his moral freedom and allows his natural freedom to fully control. I believe this is due to the amount of stress, tension and events occurring through this mid-life crisis that he is experiencing which finally build up to create his turning point. Right at the beginning of the movie, there are certain scenes which relate and lead to the main characters road to rebellion from his normal everyday life. One such scene is in the opening where he stands in the shower, masturbating, which is revealed as, the high point of his day. This shows his sexual frustration which is only a small part of a large fire burning within him. One other impacting factor is displayed in a scene later on that same day at work. He is being threatened with dismissal from the company that he has slaved for, for over 14 years. More fuel to be added to the fire from his professional standpoint. Finally, tied in with his pent up sexual tension, in comes a friend of his daughters in whom he begins to obsess about and many times, fantasize about. This all leads Lester to his release, his breaking point, in which he will reclaim his freedom that he quotes to losing early in the movie, I have lost something. I'm not exactly sure what it is, but I know I...