The Graduate Essay

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Ben is first showed alone on an airplane, with everyone around him looking as nostalgic as he. He is not centered on the screen which gives the impression that he feels out of places and is indifferent about going home after graduating from college. Also, while Ben is in the airport standing on the moving walkway, he is not centered nor with anyone but everyone seems to be moving past him while he stands emotionless slowly moving down the walkway. He is being carried down the walkway much as he is carried through life. Ben does not put time and effort into his future which is present during his summer months which consisted of lying in his pool and drinking beer. Also, during both of his parent's parties, he is often found alone, trying to avoid the masses of people firing questions to him about his schooling and future. Ben's parents try to get him to join the party by telling him that all of his friends are there, when, in reality, Ben has no friends at home and the people ...

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going to the "Singleman" party and a group of teenagers. He fits in nowhere at the hotel where again he is isolated from the people around him until Mrs. Robinson shows up, ready to pounce on her prey. His affair with Mrs. Robinson overlaps his meeting of Elaine Robinson. Even though Ben tries obeying Mrs. Robinson's rules about seeing her daughter, on their first date, Ben falls for Elaine. He follows Elaine to Berkley and waits outside of a building she is in. Off-centered and very small compared to his surroundings, Ben looks nostalgic once again as he sits and waits for her. Finally, after finding out Elaine is getting married, Ben drives the entire way to Santa Barbra; after his car ...

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