What’s eating Gilbert Grape? Friday, October 24, 2008

By Jennifer

The movie it’s about a man his name is Gilbert Grape and his family.
They lived in a poor environment. Gilbert hade an older sister and a younger sister and he had a special younger brother he was mentally retarded and his name was Arnie. The doctor said that he was only going to be only 10 years old but he didn’t die he was now 18 years old. The doctor said that he could die any day. Gilbert’s father hanged himself in the basement so Gilbert’s mother was very sad so she started eat and se didn’t move allot and she didn’t do anything. She always sat in her sofa. Gilbert was very ashamed of his mother and called her a
big fat whale and he didn’t want anybody to see her. His older sister was like the mother instead she cooked and cleaned the house that there father hade built Gilbert responsibility was the if the house hade a leak and stuff. The youngest sister still went to school and after school she worked in a ice-cream bar. Gilbert worked in a grocery shop.
He took Arnie with him to work every day. And one Gilbert met the girl that he liked and her name was Becky.

The scenes that I remember most were when Gilbert beaded up Arnie because he didn’t want to take a bath. And one day Gilbert was out with Becky and they watched the sunset then Gilbert realized that he hade to bath Arnie. But he said to Becky that he was coming back to her so he hurried home and put Arnie in the bathtub and Gilbert said to Arnie that you are a big boy and you can wash and dry yourself. Gilbert only said that because he wanted to go back to Becky. After the sunset Gilbert went home and went to sleep. The next morning when
Gilbert was going in to the bathroom Arnie was still in the bathtub almost freezing to death.

I think when Gilbert met Becky she was the only thing in his mind and he stopped caring about his family.

I thought that it was good of Gilbert that he took his family before himself but it was stupid of him also because he have to think of himself a little bit because he didn’t seem to have a lot of spare time.

When Arnie jus to say that “ I can go anytime” I think he meant that he knew that he could die anytime.

The most important message in this movie is to show people that family is very important and should stick together because you never know what could happen.

I think that Amy opened her own bakery. Ellen is still in school and Gilbert married Becky and moved to the country and they hade some children. Gilbert and Becky still took care of Arnie and he lived a more happier live in the country. Amy and Ellen didn’t contact Gilbert and Arnie.