Information 1. Client’s Name: Arnie Grape 2. Sex: Male 3. Date of Birth: July 16‚ 1987 4. Age: 17 5. Address: 300 Hugh Hunter Rd.‚ Endora‚ Iowa 42262 6. Phone Number: (931) 555-1212 7. Occupation: unemployed 8. Family Members: Mother Bonnie Grape 54 unemployed Father Albert Grape deceased Sister Ellen Grape 16 works at ice cream shop Sister Amy Grape 34 unemployed Sister Larry Grape 32 flight attendant Brother Gilbert Grape 24 works at a grocery store II. Reason
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detail‚ describe all the family relationships in the Grape Household. (i.e. Gilbert and his mother‚ Gilbert and his sisters‚ Arnie and Gilbert‚ Arnie and his sisters‚ etc.) What role do each of them play in the household? How do they treat one another? Why do they behave the way they do? The relationship between Gilbert and his mother is rocky. Although they both love and care for one another‚ Gilbert’s mother expects a lot from him. Gilbert has accepted the fact that he is now the man of the house
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Arnie’s care herself. Ellen gets mad when Arnie climbs the water tower‚ and blames Gilbert‚ but he is expected to coax him down every time. This pattern affects the family as a whole due to the tension that is creating with the blaming behavior. These behaviors occur from a lack of coping with the anger‚ and the resentment of their responsibility. Their communication is affected by their emotions. The reality is that Gilbert has inherited a role that he struggles to maintain. He has too many responsibilities
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is consistent of people that each care of each other such as friends. In cases such as Gilbert Grape family he lives in a one parent household in which the children have taken upon themselves to replace the role they traditionally did not have growing up. How can anyone become be a parent if they had not had a good example of parent for them around. Within the movie we see the main characters struggles
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Hallstrom’s‚ What’s Eating Gilbert Grape‚ a young man’s destiny appears to only evolve around keeping a watchful eye on his family & in particular‚ his brother & embarrassingly obese mother. Gilbert’s younger brother‚ Arnie‚ is mentally-impaired & unintentionally holds Gilbert back from experiencing life. When a stranger who is just “passing through” comes into Gilbert’s miserably routine life‚ his world is upturned with Gilbert experiencing more than he could ask for. The director of this film‚ Lasse Hallstrom
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In the film What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? directed by Lasse Halstrom‚ one important relationship is between Gilbert (the main character) and his mother‚ Bonnie. They are always in constant turmoil‚ and hardly ever see eye to eye. Towards the end of the film their attitudes change towards each other‚ we see their relationship strain and then become extremely close. This is important because they don’t have a real mother‚ son relationship so this is worked on during the film. Gilbert is not an honest
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both have similar qualities that relate in each story. In Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ the time period is set in the 1930s. In the movie Whats Eating Gilbert Grape‚ it is set more in the modern times. The characters act and are similar in a lot of ways. Gilbert is a teenager that is struggling to support his family after his father killed himself. Gilbert relates to George because they are both constantly having to take care of someone else. George is always having to take care of Lennie. Lennie
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Shannon Mrs. Christmas Block A English "The Scarlet Ibis"‚ "Raymond’s Run"‚ and "What’s Eating Gilbert Grape" all have something in common. In "The Scarlet Ibis" Doodles older brother takes care of Doodle because he has a disability. In "Raymond’s Run" Squeaky‚ which is Raymond’s younger sister‚ has to take care of Raymond because of his disability and in "What is eating Gilbert Grape‚ Gilbert takes care of his younger brother Arnie who also has a disability. All of these brothers and sisters
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What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?’ is a film directed by Lasse Hallström .It is a film about a young man‚ Gilbert‚ who is weighed down with more burdens than anybody should have. He lives in a dull town called Endora where nothing ever happens. His sisters are always fighting‚ he is having a pointless affair with a bored housewife and he stocks shelves at a small grocery store that will eventually close down because of the new supermarket. He also has a mentally challenged brother‚ Arnie‚ who needs constant
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People during this century had to become ego and selfish as it was so difficult to just feed themselves. In the film ‘Grapes of Wrath’‚ people that came to destroy the houses on the farm said‚ “I got two little kids at home. My wife‚ wife’s mother. The folks gotta eat.” After that he continues to state that “First and only‚ I think about my folks. What happens to others is their own lookout.” During this time people were unable to share or help out others who had difficult circumstances. Pretty much
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