Movie Analysis of "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"

In the movie "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", the various characters develop and evolve during the course of the film. Each character holds certain individual motivations that drive them to change parts of their personality and how they view certain aspects in their life. Two characters in which change becomes evident in are Gilbert Grape and his mother, Bonnie Grape. Gilbert Grape's actions in the movie are mainly motivated by his family and specifically by his …

…for the past seven years. Mama Grape also becomes motivated at the end of the movie to begin to change her life style. She does this because she wants to prove to her children she isn't a joke, she wants to make them happy and start to turn her life around. She begins to change her ways when she walks up the stars to go to bed, unfortunately she dies that same night in bed