Pumpkin's Elucidation

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The environment of the setting of the film is a representation and show of the differences in class, traditions and cultures. These variations are founded in the North American society through the different casts and characters. In principle, the scenery is established and set in a small town called Halloween. From the setting, it is like the town folks do not have a lot of expectation on the comings of Christmas. However, the leader Pumpkin wanted to rejuvenate the feeling and introduce a revamped happiness towards the festive season. But, the majority of the citizens in that area was not interested in such arrangements and accused him of being a phantom for Halloween. From this elucidation, it is my reasoning and observation that the people of the town did not have wherewithal or patience to afford the same level of excitement as Pumpkin. Instead, …show more content…
One gets the feeling that because the doctor belongs to the class of the elite or the top members of the society, anyone who did not possess his equal qualification and footing was deemed illiterate and uncultured. The running feeling and observation was the manner in which the doctor belittled the ambitions, aspirations an desires of the patient. In general, this showed the difference in class to the extent that people of lower cadre an class were not worth of aspirations and dreams.
At one point, Jack felt a void in his personality and took a tour to the forests. Here he finds different doors that represent different culture and their meaning of Christmas and the holidays. However, as a ignorant person he was fascinated by the door for Christmas albeit his resistance and unwillingness to open it. In the end, it opens and a strong pushes through as a representation of the reluctance of the American society to open their lives to Mexican immigrants and

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