Stereotypes And Adoption In The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules, directed by Lasse Hallström, presents the audience with controversial issues such as incest, abortion, and adoption, to emphasize the damage of youth and children.
Incest is shown, by Hallström, to cause emotional wreckage as a result of abuse of power. This is exemplified in the incestuous relationship between Mr. Rose and his daughter Rose Rose and the attempted interference of the protagonist of the film, Homer Wells.
In many parts of the film, Mr. Rose’s feelings towards his daughter are portrayed as affectionate and compassionate. When he is confronted by Homer about his sexual relations with Rose, Mr. Rose pledges desperately that he “loves her”, whilst a close up on Mr. Rose’s face exaggerates his defiance. …show more content…
When adoptive parents arrive during a snow fight, the camera immediately cuts to an orphan, Curly, ending his fighting and tidying his hair. The parents go on to adopt Hazel, due to her adorable appearance. As a result, this insincere approach to adoption is shown as extremely dismaying to “rejected” orphans. The orphans constantly provoke sympathy from viewers by being portrayed yearning a home, such as the character Fuzzy’s interpretation of the affection in a King Kong film as maternal love. Although Fuzzy portrays innocent ignorance, Curly represents extremely “frank” realism, such as when his face is cast with a disheartening blue light when he confesses that “nobody ever wants (him)” after Hazel’s adoption.
In the orphanage of The Cider House Rules, family placement is constantly idolized and desired, showing that orphans are not satisfied with whatever they receive at the orphanage, However, the rare adoptive parents that do offer a home are superficial and extremely selective, regarding children as possessions rather than humans.
Abortion is also portrayed as abandonment of children, but is delivered with more balance from opposing viewpoints in The Cider House
Incest is shown, by Hallström, to cause emotional wreckage as a result of abuse of power. This is exemplified in the incestuous relationship between Mr. Rose and his daughter Rose Rose and the attempted interference of the protagonist of the film, Homer Wells.
In many parts of the film, Mr. Rose’s feelings towards his daughter are portrayed as affectionate and compassionate. When he is confronted by Homer about his sexual relations with Rose, Mr. Rose pledges desperately that he “loves her”, whilst a close up on Mr. Rose’s face exaggerates his defiance. …show more content…
When adoptive parents arrive during a snow fight, the camera immediately cuts to an orphan, Curly, ending his fighting and tidying his hair. The parents go on to adopt Hazel, due to her adorable appearance. As a result, this insincere approach to adoption is shown as extremely dismaying to “rejected” orphans. The orphans constantly provoke sympathy from viewers by being portrayed yearning a home, such as the character Fuzzy’s interpretation of the affection in a King Kong film as maternal love. Although Fuzzy portrays innocent ignorance, Curly represents extremely “frank” realism, such as when his face is cast with a disheartening blue light when he confesses that “nobody ever wants (him)” after Hazel’s adoption.
In the orphanage of The Cider House Rules, family placement is constantly idolized and desired, showing that orphans are not satisfied with whatever they receive at the orphanage, However, the rare adoptive parents that do offer a home are superficial and extremely selective, regarding children as possessions rather than humans.
Abortion is also portrayed as abandonment of children, but is delivered with more balance from opposing viewpoints in The Cider House