Rebel Without A Cause
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Rebel Without A Cause
Rebel Without a Cause
Prior to the 1950's, teenagers were nothing more than an extension of their parents. They dressed like their parents, talked like their parents, and in many cases, worked alongside their parents. There was no teenage rebellion, it was practically unheard of. With the release of Rebel Without a Cause, James Dean became the icon of a new generation of Americans. Rebel Without A Cause was one of the first movies to ever take a teenager's point of view- and better yet, the teenager who has problems just like everybody else. A myth is "a real or fictional story that appeals to the consciousness of a people by embodying its cultural ideals or by giving expression to deep, commonly felt emotions". Adolescence is a stage in life where a teenager makes the transition from child into adult. Everyone goes through this process, and as anyone who has already gone through it knows, it is not an easy transition. The most common factor in this transition is alienation- "to cause to become indifferent or hostile".
Sixteen year old Jodi was searching for the approval and affection of her father. We see through Beau, Jodi's younger brother, that her father is not incapable of showing his emotions. Rather, since Jodi is growing up into a woman, her father is uncomfortable with her maturity and cannot distinguish a line between the love of a father for his daughter and the sexual love between a man and another woman. Since Jodi is still a young girl, she cannot understand why her father rejects her when she tries to show she loves him. Jodi is alienated from her family. Jodi responds to this rejection by running away and seeking acceptance elsewhere- first "The Kids" and then Jim Stark, another lost soul. Jodi is so attracted to Jim Stark because he is "strong and confident but also affectionate and gentle". She seeks in him what she cannot find from the other man in her life, her father.
Plato is a fifteen year old...
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