Harold and Maude Essay
The author of the essay says that the movie is all about freedom. I think the movie has so many refrences to being free. In the movie Maude makes Harold feel free. She does this in many ways.
One way she does this is when Harold's mother talks his uncle into drafting him into the army. Maude helps Harold stage a freak out so that his uncle will be scared to draft him. During the fake freak out she fakes a death that drives his uncle further over the edge.
Maude also shows Harold how to be free by not trying to make him conform she lets him himself. Unlike the other pople in Harold's life they all want him to conform and be normal. They want him to be just like them wich is the last thing that Harold wants. One way the movie shows the in Harold's life want him to conform is when his mother buys him a car. Though he has a good running car his mother gives him a new one. She buys it because she does not like the fact that Harold's old car was a hearse. She also shows this by the online dating service. She does this to tr to pair up with someone. She does not like the fact that Harold is a loner. At the end of the movie though Maude has passed away Harold is still himself. He did not change to make his mother or any other person in his life happy.
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