Darlene Cates Essays

  • What's Eating Gilbert Grape

    1263 Words  | 6 Pages

    is struggling to find happiness in his life. The only things that are keeping Gilbert happy is his love for his mentally challenged brother Arnie Grape, casted by Leonardo DiCaprio, and his physically challenged mother Bonnie Grape, casted by Darlene Cates. Then suddenly a chain supermarket opens up across the street from the store that employs Gilbert. This new supermarket is causing stress and instability in Gilbert's life, because he is nervous that this supermarket will close the store and he

  • Father Son Relationship In Master Harold

    723 Words  | 3 Pages

    A seventeen-year-old boy’s superficial discontent towards his disabled father’s return from the hospital draws attention towards what is supposed to be the strongest bond: a father-son relationship. Throughout Athol Fugard’s play “Master Harold” … and the boys, Hally tries to suppress his mixed feelings after each call from his mother, who intends to bring his father home. Athol captures Hally’s true sentiments towards his father through two phone calls, initially provoking irrational anger and uncontrollable

  • El Camino Doloroso Analysis

    981 Words  | 4 Pages

    Among other essays I have read in this book, the essay El Camino Doloroso written by David Searcy seems to have won my heart over the other ones. This story is short; in fact, it only has three pages, but the message Mr. Searcy conveys surpass these simple pages. To be honest, I have to read this essay three times to understand what is going on with the character and what is happening in this story. At last, I come up with this: In this essay, David Searcy wants those who believe dreams are flaws

  • Story Of Qiu Jui Ju Analysis

    1537 Words  | 7 Pages

    The movie The story of Qiu Ju is a comedy-drama that follows the story of a pregnant woman trying to find justice for her husband, who was kicked by the head of the village. The settings of the movie are mostly in a small Chinese village during the 1990s. It is hard for some people to understand the themes of the movie and why it was created on the first place, since not everyone have seen the way of life shown and the Chinese history. The movie was produced mainly because many people could relate

  • What's Eating Gilbert Grape Psychology

    625 Words  | 3 Pages

    routine for your meals, prescriptions, exercise, and sleep. Find helpful organizations for therapy, support groups, and other resources. Young Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp), who lives in a tiny town, is a man of many responsibilities. His mother (Darlene Cates), who is so obese that she is unable to leave the house, and his mentally challenged younger brother Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio), who always seems to find problems, are his top concerns. Gilbert ultimately sees his life upended by the free-spirited

  • Gilbert Grape: Movie Analysis

    623 Words  | 3 Pages

    Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio), his brother who is mentally challenged. The movie opens with the two waiting for the many tourists' trailers to pass through town during an annual Airstreamer's Club, that they watch every year. His mother, Bonnie (Darlene Cates), gained a massive amount of weight after her husband killed himself in the basement of the home they still live in. With nothing to do but eat and watch TV Bonnie went from the most beautiful woman in Endora to nearly five hundred pounds. Bonnie