Boys Don't Cry

In the film, Boys Don't Cry, emotions are sure to arise. Hilary Swank delivered viewers a deep understanding of how hard it must be to live the life of being a lesbian. The opening and ending act proves how difficult it must be to allow people to know the truth about how some people really are. It is nothing that people have any control over, but some are hurt or killed because they cannot help that they are attracted to the same sex. "Brandon" kept her private life a secret because she was afraid of exactly what happened to her. She was brutally raped and died simply because she was in love with another woman. "Brandon" was a sweet young woman and respected others. She was not liked by the police too much, but she more than likely rebelled due to all of the criticism she received because she was a lesbian. She tried to live her life as a man, but she always got herself into trouble. In the beginning, the older brother of a girl she dated threatened to beat her after they found out about her secret. In the end she suffered a great amount because an entire family and friends found out their daughter had been messing around with what they thought was a man, but just so happened to be a woman. This was a expressive film an gives people a different perspective to better understand the struggles some people in our society face .