All Judy's Relationship

Throughout this film, various relationships are developed between not only the three main characters, Jim, Judy, and Plato, but also between the supporting cast members such as Jim and Buzz. All of these relationships are developed to lead to the greater theme of searching for acceptance.
The first relationship that is worthy of discussion in the relationship between Jim and his father. In every part of the movie, Jim is trying to get his father to stand up to his mother. He even states, “If he had guts to knock Mom cold once, then maybe she'd be happy and then she'd stop picking on him. Because they make mush out of him! Just mush!” This quote is showing that Jim believes his dad needs to stand up to his mom. The whole relationship
Throughout the duration of the film, all Judy wants is for her father to give her love and affection like he would have when she was little. We first realize she is seeking attention from her dad in the opening scene in the jail. The officer tells her her mother is picking her up and she gets upset because the reason she did it was to get the attention of her father. Another scene contained her trying to sit on her father’s lap and give him a kiss on the lips but his father declined her love. He would rather give his son a pat on the head. Judy is searching for acceptance in her father. Judy finally finds her acceptance from Jim when she says, “I love somebody. All the time I've been... I've been looking for someone to love me. And now I love somebody. And it's so easy. Why is it easy now?” SHe has fallen in love with Jim and found her
He is taken care of by his nanny, has no friends (until Jim comes), and he seems to have emotional problems. This is demonstrated by the fact that he has drowned puppies and can’t even give a reason for doing so. Once Jim arrives, Plato searches for friendship in Jim. This is why when Plato woke up and Jim and Judy weren’t there anymore, he is shocked because he thought he had finally found friendship and felt betrayed. He is so upset at Jim and Judy when this happens. He finally accepts Jim’s friendship when he accepts Jim’s red jacket. When Plato dies at the end, although he never found true acceptance, his theme of this entire film was searching for acceptance, from anyone who would give it to him.
Next, the relationship between the three main characters, Jim, Judy, and Plato, is an extremely significant one. All of them are in jail in the opening scene for different reasons, but this seems to be what unifies them all. The all have some form of emotional problems; yet, all in there own way. This is what connects them. All of them are reaching out to each other for acceptance. This is one of the most dynamic relationships in the