American Beauty American Beauty is a movie that exposes preconceived notions about living in suburban America. This movie also becomes a commentary on the human condition while exposing the raw truth of a dysfunctional family. The Burnhams Lester, Carolyn, and Jane start out as the typical middle-class American family. Lester works for a magazine and is unhappy with his job. He later ends up quitting his job and blackmailing his boss for sixty thousand dollars. …showed first 75 words of 674 total…

…showed last 75 words of 674 total…father while Angela has the same views as Carolyn. The purpose of this in not to say that one dream is better than another or that there is a right and a wrong dream to have. The point is that no matter whom you are, regardless of where you are in your life, it is never to late to go for your dream as long as you have the will and desire to do so.