The construction of masculinity is reinforced by the movie "American Beauty". The articles of Maurice Berger and Paul Smith will reinforce my thesis by the characters who transcends to be the masculine figure. I will give specific details in all of the scenes from the movie that coincides with the different articles. "Because masculinity belongs to no one gender, race, sexuality, or intellectual discipline, it is important to represent multivalent ways of thinking about the …showed first 75 words of 2861 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2861 total…like a father than a lover, but he definitely cares for her and she seems to be comfortable with it. Then he takes himself to a picture with his family, while looking at it he finds inner peace. Last he gets shot in the head. Who knows, maybe Lester got his act together and would re-devote himself back to reality. But this isn't my movie, it's just my paper, so I'll pass the asparagus now.