In the movie What’s Eating Gilbert Grape directed by Lasse Hallstrom, the idea of adversity is clearly shown. The Grapes aren’t your typical family, after the mother spirals down the staircase of depression, the five children are forced to grow up and mature as they now have the responsibility of looking after their mother. Endora is the town in which the story is set and the children are trapped inside as their mother hasn’t left the house in seven years. Gilbert Grape is faced with a number of adversities, he has to live with an obese mother that demands him to always do better and take responsibility for his family, he has to protect and care for his little brother Arnie who is mentally slow and Gilbert is trapped in Endora due to all of his responsibilities so he can’t go out, be free and enjoy the world. One of Gilbert’s hard-ships is that he has to live with a mother who he is highly ashamed and embarrassed of as she is dangerously obese. Gilbert says that she used to be the prettiest woman in Endora but when her husband died she couldn’t cope and became obese due to depression. She now controls the family from her couch and watches Gilbert take responsibility for her and the rest of the family. This is hard for Gilbert as he often gets into arguments with his youngest sister Ellen. Lasse Hallstrom uses dialogue to show the adversity that Gilbert has “You gotta do better.” This quote is said by Gilbert’s momma, it shows that Gilbert always has pressure on him from his mother but she doesn’t realise that Gilbert is doing his best. Gilbert is an unusual teenager; he has way too much responsibility for his age as he had to take over the role of man of the house after his father died, which was suggested as a suicide. Gilbert has a little brother, Arnie who is mental slow which causes him to be immature and he has an inability to understand death. Doctors estimated that he wouldn’t live past the age of 10 years old but he is now about to celebrate his...