Whats Eating Gilbert Grape

Between the beginning of the film, What’s eating Gilbert Grape and the end Gilbert changes in more than one way. These changes come about mainly because he meets a girl by the name of Becky. She helps him to see things differently and think about himself rather then always thinking about others. Although Becky changed Gilbert a lot, there were other things that effected Gilbert. For example, his Momma dying and Mrs. Carver leaving.

In the Grape family it is quite obvious that the eldest male must assume a leading role that can be very stressful and time consuming. Gilberts father could not handle the pressures and decided to end his life, leaving the leading role to Gilberts elder brother. He also did not want to live with these stresses and left his family and the town of Endora. Gilbert proves to be stronger than that of his brother and father and stays, bearing many responsibilities. These included looking after Arnie, a 17 year old who has autism, and is very difficult to care...