What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? 1. In the opening scene, we learn that Arnie has a personality problem, and that Gilbert looks after him. In this scene Gilbert appears like a parent figure. 2. The music that is repeated throughout the film, is a light and ‘free’, peaceful type of song. Depending on the scene that is occurring, the song changes tempo i.e. If the scene is about landscape outside and sadness, the tempo is slow, …

…eyes, his first response would have been ‘he’s getting weak’ hence shrinking. 5. From Gilbert’s Narrative we learn that he finds Endora boring and that he is stuck there looking after his mother and Arnie. This is evident when he says to Becky “if you’ve been all around the world, why are you stuck here?” Gilbert wants to leave Endora and begin a life outside Endora, as Endora holds too many bad memories