Why is American Beauty one of my most favorite movies of all time? Well, let me count the ways. American Beauty is a story about a middle-class white American family, trying to pursue the American Dream. Their different versions of the American Dream are what pull them apart from reaching it as a family. There are two major themes that really spoke out to me. The first theme deals with the idea of appearances. Carolyn …showed first 75 words of 1319 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1319 total… we understand what we are trying to do. We're not trying to be successful, because we think we're supposed to be. We're trying to be successful because we want to be. We're not trying to be beautiful because we want to be, but rather because we are. We're not trying to happy because that's the way it's supposed to be. We're trying to happy because that's how we honestly want to live. Look closer.