Harold And Maude
Submitted by Jessalynn on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Harold And Maude
In the movie Harold and Maude, many assumptions are being challenged. This movie tries to teach people to be tolerant of other's individualities, and more importantly to be individuals themselves. It portrays the "weird" relationship between an almost eighty-year-old female Holocaust survivor named Maude, and a rich, depressed, mock suicidal, teenage boy named Harold. Maude teaches Harold a variety of valuable lessons on individualism, love, and happiness.
Life is about becoming an individual. It is about becoming your own self, believing your own ways, and living your own life. In one particular scene, Maude and Harold are discussing flowers. Maude said that she would love to be a sunflower because they are tall and simple. The meaning behind this is that she thinks sunflowers are different from the rest of the flowers. Sunflowers stand tall, are bright, and they have nothing to hide. Just like Maude, sunflowers like to face the sun and look on the brighter side. But Harold on the other hand mentioned that he wants to be one of the white field daisies. He said he just wants to be a face in the crowd. He feels that if he shows any creativity, he won't be accepted.
Harold's mother plays a main role in the prevention of Harold's individuality. She is the person that always tries to get him to "fit in" or act "normal." But Maude disapproved, she told him that every flower is different, even the white field daisies that all appear to be identical; they each have their own purpose. By showing Harold that every flower is different, she expresses
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that every person is different, and that it is a good thing. She told him that the only problem with the world is that nobody realizes their own strengths; they don't use them to be their own self. Maude, a Holocaust survivor, knew what it meant to be the same as everyone else. Everyone in the Holocaust concentration camps had the same clothes, haircut, and everything....
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