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A Place In the Sun
George Eastman, the protagonist in this movie, is charged with murdering a young woman by the name of Alice Tripp. In this, he is also in love with a young woman named Angela Vickers. I believe that George isn’t so guilty as to be sent to the electric chair. I believe that the only thing he is guilty of is falling in love.
When Alice and George met, he was new in town and she was pretty much the only person he knew, male or female. Right from the beginning, at least to me, I could tell that he was only in the relationship to have sex. I saw very little sincerity in neither action nor word spoken toward Alice from George. He was too involved in trying to raise himself up in status; however, he was bored and needed something to do in the meantime.
When George started away from Alice towards Angela, Alice should have taken a hint. George obviously didn’t love Alice; he couldn’t treat her with enough respect to show otherwise. Angela loved George back and the two wished for a life together. Had it not been for Alice’s pregnancy and her constant nagging of George, he most likely would not have carried her on so long. He wished to be rid of her presence and of her love, reciprocated not by George.
I believe that Alice could have made it on her own with very little help from George, and believe that she should have explored such an option, for the child she carried, once borne, would have grown miserably had she been with George in marriage. He would be so unhappy, so non-supportive of the arrangement, that it would eventually fall to ruins anyway.
As to avoid such undesirable fates as the ones stated, George tries to unsuccessfully push Alice away. Yet she wonders why he acts so cold, why he is so unwilling. I do not believe he was abandoning her for his own sake, he also wanted her to move on and make a life for herself without him. She chose to ignore the warning signs of his loath for her, and thus, dug her own grave. Granted, she didn’t put a gun to her head, she may as well have. Had she not pursed him, they would not have ended on the boat, him with thoughts of murder, her with useless wishes of a life with him. Had she not pursed, she would not have seen the hateful gleam in his eye, for there would be no gleam and she would not be there to see so had there been. And had she not pursed him, she wouldn’t have had the opportunity to advance, thus flipping the boat over, and ending her demise.
Therefore, when George was thinking of Angela instead of Alice, it wasn’t his fault [next page]