ENG 425 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Monsieur Hulot, Garage Door Opener

• School: Ball State University
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 425
• Professor: Rani Crowe

Document Summary

Jacques tati"s mon oncle explores the life of the materialistic arpel couple and their child who is unimpressed with the predictable, dull lifestyle. Madame arpel, is a clear contrast to the family. While the arpel"s prefer high class society and order, monsieur hulot lives a modest lifestyle and offers a fun alternative for his nephew. Monsieur arpel is jealous of g rard"s fondness of his brother-in-law and attempts to impose his own lifestyle on monsieur hulot. In the end monsieur hulot proves to be unfit for the life the arpel"s lead. In the end, monsieur hulot leaves his home at the bidding of monsieur arpel, but monsieur hulot"s attitude has rubbed off on monsieur arpel, who is shown to have a better relationship with his son. Tati"s message is quite clear: materialism cannot bring happiness and often leads to unnecessary complications. This is evidenced by various interactions between members of the.