Part 1: The characters' environment plays a significant role in their attitudes towards the unusual. Their small town location limits their ability to open their minds and think beyond their standard normality. Homosexuality is not tolerated within their social realm, making it okay to persecute the gay individual.
John is a very disturbed and problematic young man. He seems to be easily irratated by things that are petty. The violence at the end of Brandon's story is caused by John. Lanas mother also played a significant role in the violence as she was the one who told John where to find Brandon, knowing that conflict would arise.
Part 2: Plato's Allegory of the Cave fits perfectly into the lives of the characters in Boys Don't Cry. Lana is constantly struggling to get out of her "cave" and see the "light". Lana's desire to escape helped her accept Brandon for who he is. As Plato said, once someone has seen the light they will never go back because they've accepted the truth. This applies here.
It is difficult to communicate with those who are still stuck in their own cave because of their close minded approach to unusual situations, in this case John or Lana's mom.
John is a very disturbed and problematic young man. He seems to be easily irratated by things that are petty. The violence at the end of Brandon's story is caused by John. Lanas mother also played a significant role in the violence as she was the one who told John where to find Brandon, knowing that conflict would arise.
Part 2: Plato's Allegory of the Cave fits perfectly into the lives of the characters in Boys Don't Cry. Lana is constantly struggling to get out of her "cave" and see the "light". Lana's desire to escape helped her accept Brandon for who he is. As Plato said, once someone has seen the light they will never go back because they've accepted the truth. This applies here.
It is difficult to communicate with those who are still stuck in their own cave because of their close minded approach to unusual situations, in this case John or Lana's mom.
I like the way you describe the environment Lambrini--so much to describe in terms of how cave-like their world is! I agree that Lana struggles to see the light...
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