Gilbert Grape

Topic: ¡°Gilbert begins and end the film in the same place yet he has traveled far¡± Do you agree?

¡°Gilbert Grape has had to leave his dreams behind because of circumstances. He has a hostility that he can¡¯t express because of his duties and responsibilities to his family. To be able to deal with himself every day, he¡¯s had to make himself numb so that he¡¯s not affected too much by everything.¡± (Johnny Depp)
¡°In the film, Gilbert is, in the words of the director, a ¡°reactor¡±: his own impulses and needs have been subjugated so thoroughly that he seems passive, only responding to the calls and demands of others, to the extent that he can only see his life in terms of other people...¡±
Gilbert Grape lives with his family in the town of Endora in Iowa. He works in Lamson¡¯s Grocery, which, like Endora itself, is slowly dying.
The film opens as Gilbert and Arnie enact their yearly ritual of waiting for the flaming caravans of the Airstream Trailer Club...