What's Eating Gilbert Grape Character Becky Analysis

Once Lily accepts what she has done and learns that her mother's death did not make her a bad person, her conflict can finally be resolved. As a result of resolving her conflict, she is able to mature because of the struggle, just like other people are able to grow and evolve from their own mistakes. This is evident when she admits "Before coming here, my whole life had been nothing but a hole where my mother should have been, and this hole had made me different, left me always aching for something, but never once did I think what he'd lost or how it might've changed him" (Kidd 293). Lily finally realizes that her mother's death has not only affected her, but also her father, T. Ray, and the calendar sisters. Through the course of Lily's struggle, Lily learns a lot about life and matures into a wiser

Animosity for someone can be held for a long time, and is occasionally taken out on others. June Boatwright held a grudge against Lily’s mom because August, June’s sister, had worked for her family. Given the time, this is more upsetting for June. When Lily arrives, June is fairly hostile towards Lily, but later accepts her while wrestling in sprinklers. Lily shows her happiness about the situation when she thinks, “I wasn’t exactly sure of everything we were laughing about---I was just glad we were doing it together” (Kidd 169). This event occurring helps both Lily and June understand their issues adding to the faults in their relationship. Maturation takes time, no matter what age one may be. Lily and June begin understanding that both have been immature, but were able to accept it after they set their differences aside. Later in the novel, Lily’s father, T. Ray comes to the Boatwrights’ house to take Lily home. As Lily and T. Ray argue, Lily is reminded why she left home. In the beginning of this event, T. Ray is still determined to take her home, shown when he says, “You think I’m gonna walk out of her and leave you? I don’t even know these damn people” (Kidd 296). T. Ray is still in denial about Lily’s current situation, and the fact that she would rather stay with these women than go home with him. Although this should not be a surprise to him, he is still shocked and refuses to give up. That is, until he watches the

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, a motion picture released in 1993 and directed by Lasse Hallström, follows the life of Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) and his younger brother Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio), a mentally disabled 17 year old. Their mother, Bonnie (Darlene Cates), is morbidly obese and has been home-bound for the past seven years following the suicide of her husband. After their father died, Gilbert became the main caregiver and provider for Arnie, their two sisters Amy and Ellen, and their mother. As they grew up, Gilbert quickly became Arnie’s role-model, and the two now share a special bond. The brothers work together at the local grocery store, are often found playing hide and seek, and have a special tradition where they watch the campers drive through their small town of Endora, Iowa every year. This year while watching the campers, a traveler named Becky (Juliette Lewis) caught Gilbert’s eye, and he has trouble keeping up with a new love interest and Arnie’s constant mischief.

works long hours (holidays included) as a CNA at a nursing home making $9.25, just enough to

Along with this, while staying with the Boatwrights Lily learned many new things, from learning to be more introspective from August, to learning to be more hardworking from the bees. Finally, by the time Lily had learned the truth about her mother abandoning her, she is strong enough to understand that it was not her fault. She is mature enough to handle her feelings of guilt, anger, and confusion, and is mature enough to love her

For example, only a few weeks after staying in the pink house, August asks Lily what she loves, Lily responds, “‘And since coming here, I’ve learned to love bee’s and honey.’ I wanted to add, And I love you, I love you, but I felt too awkward,” (Kidd, 140). Lily tells August about the many things that she loves, she even wants to communicate her deep admiration for August but is unable to. August is like a mother figure to Lily also because she cares a lot about her and provides Lily with a kind of support and love that no one has ever expressed to her. For example, when Lily finally tells August about how she killed her mother and expresses how she feels unlovable, August consoles her and ensures her that she is admirable. “‘That’s a terrible, terrible thing for you to live with. But you’re not unlovable. Even if you did accidentally kill her, you are still the most dear, most lovable girl I know,” (Kidd, 242). Throughout her entire life, T. Ray never cared enough to emotionally support Lily, and Rosaleen’s personality was too snarky for her to understand Lily’s position. Lily finally has someone to talk to and releases all her pent-up guilt, regret, and pain to August. August and the sisters of Mary also provide Lily with a sense of motherly instinct and protection. For example, when T. Ray tries to come and take Lily back to the peach farm, they all stand up for her and protect her from her

However, Deborah’s atonement is not what provides closure to Lily’s solace. Instead August’s acceptance and love provides Lily with enough comfort to begin her process of self acceptance. Early in the book, Lily demeans herself by saying “You are unlovable, Lily Owens. Unlovable. Who could love you? Who in this world could ever love you?”(Kidd 242). Lily begins to create her own cage of dark emotions with thoughts like this. With her mother unable to Lily for the unfortunate accident that caused her death, Lily is left feeling closed off from the world and believing it is wrong for her to want to be loved again. However readers can start to see Lily opening up after August explains to her that, “Every little thing wants to be loved,” (Kidd 92). Lily begins to feel accepted and loved within the new family she has found, and she is able to begin the process of

She also begins to understand emotion better, and think about it. “‘What…. do you love, Lily?’ No one had ever asked me this before. What did I love?” (Kidd 139). Under T. Ray’s care, Lily was still developing her sense of self and beginning to feel deeper, but T. Ray didn’t really allow her to feel or be who she was. When Lily is finally freed from T. Ray’s stifling attitude, she has the freedom to explore being a teenaged girl, and to figure out who she it with Rosaleen, August, May, June and Zach. In the story, Lily is finding out who she is, and how she feels. This new awareness of emotion is imperative to that search. Lily is becoming more aware of her emotions in this

The novel is written in Lily’s point of view to show Lily’s growth and maturation. Lily blames herself for her mother’s actions and it is not until the end of the story that she accepts the fact that she has no control over the death of her mother. After T. Ray finds Lily, he decides to leave her with August and the Daughters of Mary because she is better off. As T. Ray leaves, she looks back and says, “And there they were. All these mothers. I have more mothers than any eight girls off the street” (302). When Lily is looking back at August and the Daughters of Mary, she realizes that they all have a role as her mother. Up until this point in the novel, Lily constantly feels the guilt of killing her mother on her conscience. The novel is written in Lily’s point of view to show her growth. In the beginning of the novel Lily feels lost, guilty, and abandoned. By the end of the novel, Lily feels like she has found her home with August and the Daughters of Mary. They accept her for who she is and love her unconditionally. Lily’s maturation is displayed when she comes to the realization that after living in the racist South, she too has grown up with a little racism in her heart. She realizes this when August surprises her with all the knowledge she has about life and

This shows that Lily is not is not happy about David trying to take over her jobs and leave no attention for her. The final reason why Lily doesn't like

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is a motion picture drama that follows the life of the Grape family in the small, lackluster town of Endora (Hallstrom, 1993). Gilbert Grape, played by a young Johnny Depp, is the film’s predominant character and apparent man of the family after his father’s death. Throughout the movie, Gilbert narrates his thoughts as he attempts to navigate his familial responsibilities, his work, and his personal life. Gilbert struggles to take care of Bonnie, his morbidly obese mother, his new love interest, Becky, and his autistic brother, Arnie. Arnie is played by Leonardo DiCaprio, and for the purpose of this assignment, will be the focus of this analysis.

As time went on and she spent some time pondering his advice, Paige comes to realize the meaning of his words. Paige soon applies this advice to her life by not letting the words of others compromise her happiness.

Gilbert had for a long time done nothing but taken care of his mother and Arnie, so when someone else became a priority too, that became a problem. Luckily Becky were a kindhearted person and helped Gilbert with whatever she

In the 1993 drama What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? Leonardo DiCaprio plays Arnie Grape, a teenager with an intellectual disability. DiCaprio’s well-planned performance creates a believably realistic portrait of life for someone with autism and intellectual disability, showing the character’s own behaviors as well as reactions by family and community members.

Throughout the film, symbolism is shown. There are various significances to each of these objects. Some of the symbolism shown is food, the house, the food store where he was an employee, family dinners, The moms weight size, cookie-and cake-baking. And all of the rest of the objects that pass through the movie. Which give a meaning to what is happening with Gilbert and why Gilbert feels the way he does.