BoysDontCry

Part 1: The movie Boys Don't Cry is a movie about a young man who goes through a sexual identity crisis. Brandon Teena, who lives in a conservative part of Nebraska was brutally beaten and raped by two individuals John Lotter and Tom Nissen; who were mentally ill. These two was strongly against Brandon’s gender crisis problems.  Anyhow, when Brandon begins to develop a friendship with John and Tom, Brandon keeps his secret of being a woman to himself. However, when they found out they reacted in outrage that caused Brandon his life. They reacted according, the town that they are from thinks close-minded. They are not open to gay nor transgender, this small town, and strict basic way of life; thus making Brandon’s death inevitable.

Part 2: Allegory of the Cave identifies with the characters in Boys Don’t. I believe that John, Tom, Candice, and Lana's mother were all stuck in the cave. They were raise in a narrow why of thinking. They do not know beyond what is in their town. Lana, to me is a cave dweller who wants to leave the cave; she is wants to leave the cave because she disagrees with the life she is living. Brandon is like a reflection of the light inside the cave. Her gender identity forced her to escape the cage, those in the cave are afraid of her; she is outside the normal expectation.