Examples Of Classism In What's Eating Gilbert Grape

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Anyone who has watched What's Eating Gilbert Grape? knows there is discrimination in the town of Endora, Iowa. This discrimination is against Gilbert's brother, Arnie, but also their mother. They are different from the other people in Endora for several reasons: one, their father's suicide; two, Arnie's mental disability; and three, their mother's size. Because they are unlike the rest of the townspeople, they are put in a lower social class and the discrimination of this lower class which shows classism. The movie intentionally uses classism to show the life of people who aren't “perfect” or normal and how they can be treated. It also shows the effect of normal peoples' attitude towards those who are abnormal. The movie starts out by having