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In life, everyone must make choices. Choices give an individual the freedom to decide upon the path to which they will follow. Since it's beginnings, the film making industry has focused on showing the direct relationship between the choices that people make and the resulting consequences they must face. In the movie American Beauty, the character of Lester Burnham must make many important choices that could either lead to his ultimate happiness, or draw him further into his despair.

In the movie American Beauty, it is evident that Lester Burnham is in a state of despair. Lester's dull and monotonous voice introduces the audience to his daily routine of life. When Lester declares plain and simply, "This is my neighborhood, this is my street, this is my life," he exposes the lifelessness and unhappiness to which he has become accustomed. The hopeless tone that Lester has set continues when he cynically comments, "jerking off in the shower will be the high point of my day." He......

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