Thesis: The color red in American Beauty represents the life of Kevin Spacey's character, Lester Burnham.
Reason One: When Lester's wife is cutting red roses at the beginning of the movie, he talks about their unhappiness together, so it's as if she is ruining their lives together.
Reason Two: The red rose pedals are represented as life when Lester sees Angela. He can't directly get to her, because it is only a fantasy, but his fantasies have become life for him, and they are what have changed his life to get motivation to start working out.
Reason Three: When Burnham's life starts to change because of hi fantasies about Angela, he buy a bright red hot rod car that he has always wanted. This represents another change in his life that will cause a bigger distance with his fight.
Conclusion: The color red in American Beauty represents the life of Kevin Spacey's character, Lester Burnham.
I really like how you took something as simple as color and turned it into a whole outline by analyzing what it means. I also like how you connected the reasons together. This paper should be really good because of the way you are interpreting aspects of the movie.
ReplyDeleteGood work. Make sure your outline is in actual outline form (I, II, III, A, B, C, etc). Your thesis is very strong, but your supporting elements could be further developed. Where else do you see red in the film? Cheer outfits? Girls lips? Items in his house? Anything red can be significant to your argument.
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