American Beauty - Scene Analysis Representation: Lester: Lester is represented as a pathetic, depressed and insecure man as he's not bothered with life because he sees everything as meaningless. He feels as if he's dying slowly each day as he is disengaged from others and trapped in his own world as he is longing to be normal. Lester is not the 'man of the house' as he doesn't fit the typical stereotype of the man in a family as he takes no control of situations and is a pushover. He's self-indulgent as he only wants to focus on himself. We see Lester as pathetic because, he mentions that his 'highlight of the day' is masturbating in the shower. Straight after that scene, we see this rose being cut off, this might represent how Lester is 'cut' off from others as he's lonely most of the time. In the scene where Lester is in the car, he sits in the back of the car slouched, not even sitting in the passenger's ...
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