Bend it like Beckham is a film that was written, directed, and produced by Gurinder Chadha, a British film maker who grew up in India. The film focuses on the main character's desire to play football and the conflict she faces due to her obligations to her traditional Sikh family. As Jess struggles to find her own identity without losing her family she friends a British footballer Juliet. Jules parents offer something different, showing that although cultures may be different - they are actually very similar in others. In addition to the film the director has use a various amount of film techniques- there had been a climax point for Jess either her family or Football, a close up to Jess whether she should lie about soccer and a trip of a lifetime.
My sister told me that she wanted to play football. I know lots of girls how would of love to play football in high school but since it is deemed a guys sport they don’t get a chance to play it with all the gear to hit someone really hard without hurt them too much. So I was talking to my mom about me playing football and she told me this, “Everyone wants to play football because it is fun to smear someone to the ground.” This made me laugh and smile because I think my mom is the greatest for being so awesome to say something this
Powder-puff football, a game that pits junior girls against senior girls was a tradition that Barrington High School lost some time in the mid 1990’s. It was a competitive yet amusing event that served to rally the student body for the impending Thanksgiving Day game. In September of my junior year, a group of us decided it was time to spark some school spirit and revive the
Each of them found sports, mainly football as an escape. After going over some speed bumps in their attempt to become professional athletes they achieved stardom through great physical ability. After getting to the NFL each of these players became infatuated with attention. Changing hair styles, last names, and demanding more money when already making more than enough for playing a game, are some ways that shows how much these two need the attention. Also, both Johnson and Owens excessively celebrated when a touchdown was scored.
Kerry C. Davis, II Ms. Nelmark ENG 101 1/25/13 How I Learned to love Football In Felisa Rogers’s “How I learned to love football,” she begins by describing how her husband Rich likes to tell her about football. Rogers then discusses her athletic inability and how she and her family never cared much for sports. Rogers is a freelance writer and a graduate of Evergreen State College and a former teacher. The purpose of this passage is to show how the author found out how to have love for something that she pretended to love but never really cared for it. As a young lady growing up, “Rogers was raised to believe that football and baseball were the province of Neanderthal types who didn’t even know the difference between Carl Jung and Carlos Castaneda” (530).
While Pari ended up marrying the cruel wealthy man her father wanted her to marry, Rachlin did everything within her powers to avoid such destiny. She studied hard and tried to convince her father to send her to college in the U.S. I personally found this part of the book to be very inspiring. It convinced me that in life, when there is a will there is absolutely a way. After a long straggle, and hardships Rachlin got what she wanted and her father decided to send her to college in the U.S.
She was also taking several women studies classes and had many of her friends preach to her about their feministic views that altered her perceptions on the gender equality in her culture. One day that her father was visiting he an to speak to her that they need to create a two-year marriage plan. As absurd as it sounded to Sayeed, she could not believe that what once used to be a joke when she was a child was becoming a reality. Her father had already a candidate in mind, and she was distraught that the boy he wanted her to marry was a distant family member. She understood that her father only wanted the best for her, but she was discomforted by the idea that her dad was promoting her around and trying to recruit a husband for her.
Luke Danner Abigail Browning English 101-22 September 15, 2012 !! !Fired Up!!! Everybody loves the sound of clacking helmets and pads, but most of all we like to hear encouragement from our heroes. Tony D’Amato’s “Inch for Inch” inspirational speech from the movie Any Given Sunday and Ray Lewis’s: Elon University Pregame Inspirational Speech, represents my along with many Americans’ passion for football. These inspirational speeches for football help win their games.
Johnson 2 “When Blanco comforts a mentally challenged high school student after being teased by the football team captain, however, she wonders if maybe she is looking for acceptance and friendship in the wrong places. She finds meaning in helping the special education kids organize a senior prom. Later, she becomes friends with Annie, the school's tough girl, who like Blanco, is an outcast looking for acceptance”. (Pior 4) Its normal wanted to be expected in high school. No matter whom it’s always good to feel wanted and liked.
Squeaky is the main character in Toni Cade Bambara’s story, “Raymond’s Run.” She is the character I will be analyzing. She changes from being an insecure, arrogant fighter to a respectful, confident girl. The reason she changes is because she watches her brother run his first race and she realizes that he’s a good runner. At the beginning of the story, Squeaky is tough and arrogant. She says to her enemy, Gretchen, “I win cause I’m the best” (23).