The Deep End of the Ocean

The Deep End of the Ocean

The Deep end of the Ocean The lost of a child is the most devastating experience that any family can have. For this paper I want to talk about the movie The Deep End of the Ocean, the history of the nightmare and turmoil of a family after the kidnapping of the youngest son. The Deep End of the Ocean is movie based in the book by Jacquelyn Mitchard released in 1996.in the movie, a middle class, suburban family of Italian roots is torn apart when the youngest son is kidnapped, and many years later he appears at the frontdoor step of his real mother and asks if he can mow the lawn. The mother, Beth Cappadora characterized by Michelle Pfeiffer, was a photographer and housewife was a busy mother raising a seven year old boy named Vicent, three years old Ben and an infant Kerry. Beth was far from the ideal mother and wife. She is impatient, disorganized, and ambivalent about her husband and her kids. Vicent sometimes had to care for his youngest sibling. One day Beth leaves her youngest son, Ben, alone with his older brother for a brief moment in a crowded Chicago hotel lobby, while attending her high school reunion. The older son lets go of Ben's hand and Ben vanishes without a trace. The family is thorn apart by the pain and suffering. Beth goes into a mental breakdown and find herself unable to continue working, being a wife or caring for her kids. The oldest son Vicent had to grow up before his time and take care of her sister. The father Pat tried to hide his pain merging himself into work and force his wife to care for their remaining two children. Beth never gave up hope of one day finding her son. Many years passed by and the family seem to be recovering from their lost. They move to Chicago and then one day the unexpected happens .A young boy knocks at their doors asking Beth if she needs the lawn mowed. Her heart starts rising and she can’t believe her eyes. This young boy looks just like the composite picture she has of what her son would like at that...

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