Consider the adults in Donnie Darko. How would you characterize them? Are they aware of what is truly happening around them or are they naiive and shallow? For this prompt, be sure to use specific examples. For example, the adults are seemingly unaware or unconcerned about the nature of Sparkle Motion’s dances and the young ages of the dancers. Also, Mrs. Farmer and Rose Darko would provide a good comparison of characters and support a discussion about adult society. (For this prompt, you might want to explore the stereotypes associated with predominantly white suburban America in the early 1980s.)