Rebel Without A Cause Themes

The developmental stage of oneself as a person is a very critical part of their lives. It is a period in which every second of every day may have a lasting impact on one’s future beliefs, morals, habits, and work ethic. An adolescent’s world is quite vast, filled with time spent at schools, hobbies, extracurricular, and social outings that can mold a teenager into a fully developed societal adult. But many people fail to recognize that most of a child’s physical and mental attributes come not from the outside world, but rather from the place they call home. The 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause follows the lives of typical high school teenagers. The film was rather odd in the sense that the main characters depicted what were “typical …show more content…
It is evident that the later generations generally live life easier than the generations that came before they did. Older generations had to world twice as hard to get to where they are today financially and that financial success gives younger generations a life of privilege. In my own family, both my parents were first-generation immigrants who had to build their lives all over again so that I could enjoy not necessarily a privileged life, but an easier one. This theme is also evident in actor and comedian Aziz Ansari’s Netflix original Master of None, where he dedicates an episode of this show to the parents. This episode outlines the stark differences between the lives of main character Dev and his father. His father, brought up in a village in India, was unable to enjoy even the simplest pleasures of life, such as learning how to play the guitar. Instead, he had to work hard in a button factory for five years to get himself through medical school and then moved to the United States with his wife for a fresh start and more opportunities for his son, who could enjoy all the luxuries of living in America as a