The Cider House Rules are set during World War II. The film opens in a New England orphanage in the early 1940s, where Dr. Larch takes a specific interest in a young boy named Homer Wells after returning for a second time after his adoptive parents brought him back backwards. His first adoptive parents thought he was too quiet and then his second adoptive family beat him. Larch realizes that a twice-returned orphan had very little chance of being adopted again, Larch then begins to teach Wells the basics of the medical profession. Under Larch's instruction, Homer becomes a highly capable doctor who delivers babies and performs illegal abortions. Dr. Larch usually only performs abortions on women who have been raped or who have become pregnant for some other complicated reason. Even though Homer will have an abortion without any age discrimination, he still needs to feel that partial-birth abortion is morally right and justifiably right. The main theme of The Cider House Rules is the right to choose. Even more important is a woman's right to choose whether she wants to have a child. The purpose of the film is not to prove whether abortion is right or wrong, but to make a statement that women deserve the right to choose for themselves. The other main characters in the film besides Dr. Larch and Homer Wells are Rose Rose, Mr. Rose, Candy, and Wally. In the film Candy Kendall and Wally Worthington. These characters were introduced when Candy and Wally went to the orphanage with the intent of having an illegal abortion. When it's time for the abortion, Dr. Larch attempts to chase Wells down to do it. When the idea of ​​performing an illegal abortion for a woman who could easily afford to care for her and who also had a loving husband was uncertain... middle of paper... look what had happened to her, then proclaim that if she came to you four months ago and if he had asked you to have an abortion you wouldn't have done anything and this is what being in the north gives you. Overall The Cider House Rules was a very well made film with many important issues, lessons and beliefs. . Ultimately, I think the main point of the film is that even though there are rules created by society, individuals can often change or create their own set of rules that they ultimately act and live by. Throughout the film, abortion is seen as a very complex set of rules that the film's characters establish for themselves. I think the moral of The Cider House Rules is that everyone must define their own personal beliefs to do what is morally right. Even though society assigns a set of rules, ultimately each person must decide how he or she should act and live.