The movie "Harold and Maude" was showed a different way that people deal with death. The movie is about Harold, a boy who loves death and always pretends to kill himself. His mother knows it is always fake and never gives him any attention. I think that he tries to kill himself many times because he wants to get his mother's attention and shock her. And every time she ignores him makes him want attention even more. Harold meets Maude at a funeral and they begin to spend time together because they are both very interested in death. Maude is very old, but Harold falls in love with her and wants to marry her. He sees himself in her and is attracted to her because they have the same interest in death. Harold's mother does not have the same relaxed view about death like Harold and Maude. She is not happy that her son is marrying such an old woman and tries to set him up on dates. But Harold keeps pretending to kill himself and scares off all of the dates.
The movie talks about death in a different way. Many people are very scared to die and do not want to talk about death. But this movie uses death as humor and makes you see it in a more comfortable way. It is even funny to see Harold keep killing himself in many different ways throughout the movie. Harold and Maude also both keep visiting funerals for fun and Harold even drives a hearse. They are both interested in the idea of dying and that is what brings them together.
But in the end of the movie, Maude kills herself by taking too many sleeping pills. Harold cannot save her. It is interesting how Harold wanted death during the entire movie, but became afraid when someone he loved was dying. He did not really understand it because he never had to experience seeing someone that he cared about die in front of him. Harold loved funerals and death because they made up for something inside that he was missing. When he met Maude at a funeral, now she filled that spot instead of death. That is why when she died he had a hard time dealing with it.
The movie talks about death in a different way. Many people are very scared to die and do not want to talk about death. But this movie uses death as humor and makes you see it in a more comfortable way. It is even funny to see Harold keep killing himself in many different ways throughout the movie. Harold and Maude also both keep visiting funerals for fun and Harold even drives a hearse. They are both interested in the idea of dying and that is what brings them together.
But in the end of the movie, Maude kills herself by taking too many sleeping pills. Harold cannot save her. It is interesting how Harold wanted death during the entire movie, but became afraid when someone he loved was dying. He did not really understand it because he never had to experience seeing someone that he cared about die in front of him. Harold loved funerals and death because they made up for something inside that he was missing. When he met Maude at a funeral, now she filled that spot instead of death. That is why when she died he had a hard time dealing with it.
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