John Cheever - The Enormous Radio

Briefly, the story starts with Jim and Irene Westcotts comes from a wonderful American family. Cheever who is another hero of story explains them "the kind of people who seem to strike that satisfactory average of income, endeavor, and respectability". Moreover, there is conflict and ironic action about Westcotts family that try to keep secret, live mysteriously and far away from society but they play radio and go special events of music. The activities are also important as their community do not attempt such organizations.
Finally, in the rest of the story Irene Westcott has need to be spy of radio because it is required for make known his personal features and her friends’ and neighbors’.

About American Beauty Movie

In this movie, the main theme is family tragedy. There two families that contain more ideological and psychical issues such as conflicts between characters and weak relationship between children and parents. In addition there is a girl who name is Angela, Jane’s best friend. The first family exists from 3 members; daughter Jane, parents Caroline and Lesser. We can see a teenager girl who wants have strong relationship with her father however; her father does not have an enough time with Jane because of his job. And also Jane’ mother Caroline is a real estate agent and according to her perspective the most important thing is job. As a result, Jane does not find enough interest from his family, and then she is always unhappy.
The second, Ricky’s family is particularly different from Jane’s parent in some ways. First of all, Ricky’s dad is a colonel soldier, for that reason he tries to bring up his children very disciplinal. On the other hand Ricky want be free in his life but his father rules do not allow doing him. Secondly, Ricky’s mother is a lackadaisical woman thanks to Ricky’s father due to same reasons, so Ricky affected from her.
The last character analyze in the movie is about Angela. She is very small girl and psychologically in spare because of lack of parental love. She tries to feel good with lies about her sexual life and tries to show herself very popular.
In conclusion, after Ricky’s father misunderstanding about his son’s sexual choose and Jane’s mother psychological depressions, Jane and Ricky want to back out of that place and decide to go New York. But after that, Ricky’s father kills Lesser. Anyway, Caroline wants to kill him because she does not want to be victim of her husband decisions about her life but when she sees Lesser carcass, she regrets…
There is also curial point that can be one of the main idea that movie wants to give us is Caroline advice to her daughter; “Do not trust anyone than yourself and always believe there will be only you.”

American Beauty Discussion Questions

1- What kind of expectations that Jane anticipates from her Dad?

2- If we do a character analyze between Carol and Lester in terms of parental control, who may understand their daughter better?

3- Why Jane always in worry about her parents behaviors?

4-Is psychological distance between daughter and father unavoidable when father do not enough spare in time with her?

5-Is Lester feelings contract with Angela who Jane’s best friend, are acceptable according to social perspective norms? Did Jane really dream this as said at the start of movie?

6-Does Jane is jealous of Angela because of her popularity? If she does not, why she always try to look like her?

7- According to ideal Turkish family and its relationships, which families are more suitable for us, Jane’s or Ricky’s?

8- In the movie, which character represent the strong stability about his or her feelings?

9-What expect Lester from Jane’s friend Angela? Does he really want go out with her or Does he dream fantasies about her because of weak relationship with her wife?

10- Why Ricky hided his excreta sample from his father? Does he scare from him? If he has a fear about his father behavior according to him, what are they might be?

11-Is there any changes in Lester behavior when he realize Ricky use narcotic?

12- What types of things that is effective for chancing Lester life totally?

13- What is the attractive characteristic which belongs to Buddy, that Caroline chooses him instead of his husband?

14-Can we estimate Ricky’s life perspective in terms of second world living according to his religion beliefs or general life style?

15- In what ways Jane and Ricky looks like each other in terms of their personal features?

"About Same Sex Marriages"

I think same marriages should be legal because of right equality. People can live together without married but they can not benefit from legal rights. For instance divorce agreement is so important because, it helps to decrease occur problem possibility by dispatching commudities equally. There is also another psychological issues that come with prohibit of same sex marriages. Homosexual couples think gays or lesbiens are abandoned. It means they have lack of casuist. So it makes infrastruce to social pressure. As are results, same sex marriages should be legal. Anyway, it is type of decission that belongs to people individually...