American Beauty review

INTRODUCTION/SYNOPSIS

The purpose of the report is review the motion picture ¡§American Beauty¡¨ in the context of personal development and career and life planning. Using various characters from the film, the hypothesis stated below will be proven using Levinson¡¦s Life Development Model.

HYPOTHESIS: the actions of individuals regarding career and life planning are influenced directly by the stage of the life development model they are currently in.

The motion picture ¡§American Beauty¡¨, released in 1999, takes a thorough look at a typically American family who, from the exterior, seem to have it all. The adult members of the Burnham family, Lester and Carolyn, are the focus characters of the film and on closer observation prove to be quite dysfunctional and peculiar, despite outside perceptions of normality. Throughout the film, each member of the Burnham family is subjected to a number of significant events impacting their lives, leading to various changes in th...