The Graduate Scene 4 Summary

Dog Days

  • In the room, Ben helps Mrs. Robinson take her dress off. But then he has second thoughts, saying this is all wrong.
  • Mrs. Robinson says it must be his first time or that he feels sexually inadequate. Smart move, Mrs. Robinson. Ben decides to go for it.
  • Next, there's a sequence where Ben appears to go from drifting in his pool to walking directly into the hotel room with Mrs. Robinson to walking back into his own home and back into the hotel. Simon and Garfunkel provide "The Sound of Silence" as a soundtrack.
  • Back in his family's pool, Benjamin is drifting. His dad asks him why he hasn't been looking for a job or doing any work—what was the point of college?
  • Ben says he doesn't know.
  • We cut to the Robinsons visiting Benjamin's parents. When Mr. Robinson asks what Ben's been doing, Ben tells Mr. Robinson he's just been taking it easy.
  • Mr. Robinson suggests calling up Elaine, his daughter, when she gets back from school at Berkeley.
  • In Benjamin's room, his mother confronts him about where he goes all night. Benjamin claims he just drives around, but since he doesn't return in the morning, she's not convinced.
  • Ben then claims that he gets drunk and rents a hotel room so he doesn't have to drive drunk. She's still not convinced. Moms…they've got this crazy sixth sense.