The Question and Answer section for Pleasantville is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
I'm sorry, this is a short-answer forum desogned for text specific questions. Below you will find specific examples of what you can use in completing your project. These examples are taken straight from the screenplay.
Setting
• INT. HIGH SCHOOL...
While Pleasantville is an idyllic town in many ways, a place where everything is pleasant and no one is ever dissatisfied, its "pleasantness" is held together by repression. The citizens of the town are satisfied precisely because they repress any...
Through Jennifer, Betty learns about desire and the physical nature of relationships. The residents of Pleasantville are described as repressed. Betty is expected to have her work done and have dinner on the table, but she has no ability to make...
