American Beauty vs I never promised you a rose garden
COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE WAYS ALIENATION IS EXPLORED IN ‘I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN’ AND ‘AMERICAN BEAUTY’. The idea of alienation is a major theme that runs through both ‘I never promised you a rose garden’ and ‘American Beauty’. ... In ‘American Beauty’ Lester Burnham narrates the film, whereas in ‘Rose Garden’ there is no narration at all. ... ‘American Beauty’ deals with the same structural concept as with ‘Rose Garden’, using fantasy vs. ... These fantasy scenes are built of dim lighting, rose petals, repeated sequences and close shots. ... In ‘Rose Garden’, Hannah Green writes in third person. ... I feel that this worked extremely well in the prose as we could see many different angles of Deborah’s illness and alienation. ‘American Beauty’ was narrated in first person and I felt this was successful in the film as we could connect with Lester immediately on a personal level. I could almost feel his anguish as he described his alienated life. ... In ‘Rose Garden’ there is a particular scene where we discover that Deborah believes she had become Japanese during the Second World War. ‘Rose Garden’ is set in this time period and this work beautifully, as a tide of anti-Japanese hysteria flooded the United States at this time. ... I loved Green’s descriptions of the setting as they provided vivid images of Deborah’s surroundings. ‘American Beauty’ presents its setting a little differently in the way that there isn’t much social relevance in the time period it is set. We are shown modern day America with its citizens aiming for the American Dream. ... Quite an important symbol of ‘Rose Garden’ is the German name of Dr. ... ‘American Beauty’ relies much more heavily on symbols to explore alienation than ‘Rose Garden’ does. ... I thought this was a highly unique symbol to use in a film and expressed its purpose to convey alienation successfully. ... In ‘Rose Garden’, Green created another language that the beings in Yr. ... ‘American Beauty’ has no invented language as such to explore alienation, but uses particular tones to convey the idea. ... Unlike ‘Rose Garden’, ‘American Beauty’ gives a more light-hearted approach to exploring the theme, whilst keeping its sincerity about it. I felt that the humor was a great contrast to the depth the film has and softened a few of the heavier moments. ... In ‘Rose Garden’ only a single character is used to explore alienation and that is Deborah.