The theme of the montage in The Graduate is coming of age. The scene goes back and forth between Ben with his parents in the house that they live in and Ben with Mrs. Robinson in the hotel room where their affair occurs. In many ways it shows Ben is distancing himself from his parents such as the scene where Ben shuts the door on his parents eating dinner. While he distances himself from his parents he starts to do more adult things such as having a continuing affair with Mrs. Robinson. Ben throughout most of the montage is shown isolated by the pool because when people get older their tends to be more feelings of isolation by many different reasons. The tone in the scene given is that Ben is not happy because of the music and the facial
