Returning to the family means sacrificing oneself

Kole 2021-10-20 17:39:56

Foreshadowing: The protagonist Royal abandoned the children when they were very young and separated from his wife. His wife worked hard to raise three children into geniuses.
Catalyst: When royal went bankrupt and was kicked out of the hotel, and his wife was about to remarry, royal tried to return to the family with fake cancer.
Argument: But when he returned, every child was facing problems, and everyone was not comfortable with his father who had been absent for many years and suddenly came. Can he return to the family?
Story B: The development of the three children in the family; the main thing is the father-son relationship between royal and Chase.
Game: Royal plays with two grandchildren to find the father’s responsibilities that he once missed; grandpa takes his grandson in an electric car, steals store stuff, and goes for a drive with a passing truck.
Midpoint: Royal was kicked out of the house by his love rival.
Night of the Soul: He can only work as an elevator waiter without money; the son of a tennis genius commits suicide.
The third act convergence point: The royal who wants to understand signs a divorce agreement with his ex-wife, giving his wife real freedom and liberating herself.
Ending: At the wedding, Eli drove up the car after being knocked out. Royal saved his grandson and was forgiven by Chas. But soon after he died of a heart attack, only Chas was by his side when he died.

This play is a typical "family institutionalized type", a system: family; a choice: return; a sacrifice: sacrifice of self-needs and give up entanglement with his wife. (But no doubt tantamount to suicide)

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The Royal Tenenbaums quotes

  • Royal: Anybody interested in grabbing a couple of burgers and hittin' the cemetery?

  • Eli: Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't.