The Butler

6.2 The Butler For this assignment you must hand-in a summary and an analytical essay of "the Butler". 1. W B

Cecil Gaines a black man married to Gloria Gaines who have two sons Louis and Charlie. Cecil was a as a domestic servant for the white family who practically destroyed his. Cecil was taken in by the estates caregiver, who trains him as a house servant. In 1937 Cecil leaves the plantation to find meaning for his own life. Desperately hungry he breaks into a hotel pastry shop the elderly master servant takes pity on Cecil and gives him a job. He teaches Cecil advanced serving and interpersonal skills, who later recommends him for a position in a Washington DC hotel. In 1957, Cecil is hired by the White House after a white house administration staffer sees and is impressed with his demeanor and work at a hotel. There Cecil served numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of his own. As his wife Gloria struggles with her own addictions feeling neglected and his defiant eldest son Louis, fights for equal rights and Charlie joins the Vietnam War. 2. W main character as well as history of race in America. Include the following analytical terms in your essay: point of view, relationship, setting, main theme. The omniscient first person narrator in the epic drama The Butler tells the story of Cecil Gaines, an African American butler who served at the White House during the seven presidential administrations between 1957 and 1986. The setting of the story begins in a fiercely segregated South in 1926, where young Cecil Gaines works M C employer opens up an unexpected opportunity for a young vulnerable Cecil, who is then taught the Cecil gained much needed skills and knowledge in servitude, armed with these qualities and concerned for his life Cecil sets out for a better life as a young man. The protagonist of this story is Cecil Gaines, his wife Gloria Gaines and two sons Charlie and Louise and the supporting characters such as Robin Williams, James Mandsen and Alan Rickman portraying some of the Presidents that the butler served. Although th depicts B A il inequality the central focus plot was on C relationship with Louis. Who overtime becomes very politically active as a Freedom Rider and a member of the Black Panther Party. While Cecil dedicates his entire existence to being a subservient butler and an idle observer of racial injustices, Louis his son becomes an active participant. The author highlights the C L contrasting realities to illustrate not only their family division, but the chasm between two generations. Where the one is a former slave who chooses to B Y