The Graduate

In the movie The Graduate, the main character Ben returns home from college and encounters a psychological crisis in the sense that he doesn’t know who he is or what he wants. This is due in large part to his smothering parents. Though it may seem like he is a free man and entitled to do as he wished, it is much the contrary. Ben’s parents suffocate him in every aspect of his …

…To explain, he takes Elane to a strip club on their first date, humiliating Elane into tears. Without this knowledge on relationships, he almost lost Elane, his true love. And this due to the fact that all he has ever known is sex, and love was never included in any relationship. In conclusion, his ignorance to the difference between love and sex only adds to his crisis on whom he loves and what he wants.