 When Lester is caught masturbating by Carolyn , his angry retort about their lack of intimacy is the first time he says aloud what he thinks about her . By confronting the issue and Carolyn 's " superficial investments in others " , Lester is trying to " regain a voice in a home that [ only respects ] the voices of mother and daughter " . His final turning point comes when Angela and he almost have sex ; after she confesses her virginity , he no longer thinks of her as a sex object , but as a daughter . He holds her close and " wraps her up " . Mendes called it " the most satisfying end to [ Lester 's ] journey there could possibly have been " . With these final scenes , Mendes intended to show Lester at the conclusion of a " mythical quest " . After Lester gets a beer from the refrigerator , the camera pushes toward him , then stops facing a hallway down which he walks " to meet his fate " . Having begun to act his age again , Lester achieves closure . As he smiles at a family photo , the camera pans slowly from Lester to the kitchen wall , onto which blood spatters as a gunshot rings out ; the slow pan reflects the peace of Lester 's death . His body is discovered by Jane and Ricky . Mendes said that Ricky 's staring into Lester 's dead eyes is " the culmination of the theme " of the film : that beauty is found where it is least expected . 
 When Lester is caught masturbating by Carolyn , his angry retort about their lack of intimacy <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>the first time he <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>says</mark></a> aloud what he <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>thinks</mark></a> about her . By confronting the issue and Carolyn <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>" superficial investments in others " , Lester is trying to " regain a voice in a home that [ only <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>respects</mark></a> ] the voices of mother and daughter " . His final turning point <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>comes</mark></a> when Angela and he almost <a href='got' title='7'><mark>have</mark></a> sex ; after she <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>confesses</mark></a> her virginity , he no longer <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>thinks</mark></a> of her as a sex object , but as a daughter . He <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>holds</mark></a> her close and " <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>wraps</mark></a> her up " . Mendes called it " the most satisfying end to [ Lester <a href='null_genetive' title='12'><mark>'s</mark></a>] journey <a href='dey_it' title='13'><mark>there</mark></a> could possibly have been " . With these final scenes , Mendes intended to show Lester at the conclusion of a " mythical quest " . After Lester <a href='uninflect' title='14'><mark>gets</mark></a> a beer from the refrigerator , the camera <a href='uninflect' title='15'><mark>pushes</mark></a> toward him , then <a href='uninflect' title='16'><mark>stops</mark></a> facing a hallway down which he <a href='uninflect' title='17'><mark>walks</mark></a> " to meet his fate " . <a href='been_done' title='18'><mark>Having</mark></a> begun to act his age again , Lester <a href='uninflect' title='19'><mark>achieves</mark></a> closure . As he <a href='uninflect' title='20'><mark>smiles</mark></a> at a family photo , the camera pans slowly from Lester to the kitchen wall , onto which blood spatters as a gunshot <a href='uninflect' title='21'><mark>rings</mark></a> out ; the slow pan <a href='uninflect' title='22'><mark>reflects</mark></a> the peace of Lester <a href='null_genetive' title='23'><mark>'s</mark></a>death . His body is discovered by Jane and Ricky . Mendes said that Ricky <a href='null_genetive' title='24'><mark>'s</mark></a>staring into Lester <a href='null_genetive' title='25'><mark>'s</mark></a>dead eyes is " the culmination of the theme " of the film : that beauty is found where it is least expected . 
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