The film Rebel Without a Cause puts emphases on the relationship between parents and their children. The relationship between Jim Stark (James Dean) and his parents helps the viewers understand Jim attitude towards his parents. In the beginning of the film Jim deals with his parents in a commanding way and takes control of arguments he has between his parents. Jim tries to find a father figure in his father, but his mother always takes control of his father. All his life, Jim wanted to see his father stand up for himself.
In the police station at the beginning, Jim's parents were arguing and he interrupted them by exclaiming, "You're tearing me apart! You say one thing, he says another, and everybody changes back again". This
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