L.B. Jeffries plays a unique role in Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window." Jeffries is a photographer who was hurt in the field and has been in a wheel chair in his apartment for weeks. He gets very restless, and cannot wait to get out of the massive cast and troublesome chair to which he is confined. While sitting in total boredom, Jeffries decides to entertain himself in a rather odd way. He ends up watching his neighbors' every move and becomes very invested in what he sees. Jeffries, who appears very innocent and well-intentioned, is a very frightening character in this film.

Jeffries was obviously a person in great need of some mental stimulation. His few visitors seemed to think that his entertainment was not a healthy form of it, which may have been a vry good point. Once his mind gets far enough from him, or so it seems, he ends up thinking that he is witnessing the aftermath of a very well performed murder. He insists that the lady across the courtyard has been slain by her husband, but proving this idea turns out being much harder than he could have ever thought.

This whole practice of spying, almost obsessively, made for a very good movie. However, this same behavior seems to be very scary to some people, especially in modern days. L.B. Jeffries acted very suspicious, and even went as far as to try to get a detective to sneak into the apartment of the suspected killer on a mere whim. For someone like myself, this behavior is creepy at best. The era in which this movie was made never saw atrocities like today's population through the use of facebook, myspace, etc. Jeffries tried to hide his attempts to spy on occasion in the movie, which suggests that this kind of spying and intrusion was not acceptable back then even.

All of us have seen the news stories of young people in our country that are tracked down by some sick individual who often does not mean well for the person he or she is after. While watching "Rear Window", I could not seem to side with Jeffries at all. His behavior became obsessive and unhealthy. Although he seemed to help the community in the end, this does not explain why he had been watching all of his neighbors for such a long period of time. Upon being told that the behavior he was taking part in was unhealthy, he got very defensive and edgy.

It would not be a stretch to compare this bored, middle aged man with one of those mentioned with something like myspace. Obviously no one wants to think of the main character in such a good movie as someone who is something so awful, but his behavior parallels that of today's criminals prefectly. There is some amount of convenience in the fact that he would appear to end up somewhat of a hero as he tries to piece together a suspected murder, but that is just how movies go. Jeffries, who appears very innocent and well-intentioned, is a very frightening character in this film.