In the movie, “She’s the Man,” Viola Hastings pretends to be her brother, Sebastion, while he is actually in London. She has lie to her over the top lady-like mother who wants her to become a bigger part of the debutante and wear big, flowy, cumbersome dresses instead of playing soccer. So instead of going to her dad’s for the next two weeks like she had told her mother, she’s headed off to her brother’s new high school. She tries out for the boys’ soccer team in hope of playing in the game against her old school and also her ex-boyfriend who didn’t support her. The movie gives its portrayal of both men and women, shows conventional roles as well as how they step out of those roles, and demonstrates what society thinks.
Julia loves watching the worms and is upset when they quit moving. Then she realizes that they are molting. Julia’s mom agrees to let her spend a bit longer time at Mr. Dixon’s, but Julia continues to have questions in her mind about prejudice and racism. Patrick refuses to hold the worms, and Julia finds out he is afraid of them. She finds that hard to believe because boys aren’t supposed to be scared of crawly things, and Patrick had wanted to do this project.
She does this by using Spanish words that people may not understand and by using an unorganized, random structure to confuse the reader. It is clear that Anzaldua was strongly against assimilating into American culture and becoming Americanized; she wants to keep the Chicano culture alive. Her parents, however, wanted her to do things the American way so that she could pursue the American Dream and make something of herself; therefore her parents often scolded her for speaking Spanish in school. Anzaldua’s ideal reader needs to be able to sympathize with her and to have an open mind. In order to make the reader meet these qualifications, Anzaldua tries to confuse and frustrate the reader by using language that is difficult to understand in the form of excerpts from poems, a muddled structure, and confusing
Her young sister feels jealous and left out when she watches Phoebe get all the attention from both parents. Phoebe is soon taken out of the play by the principal due to her behavior in class; that makes her even more depressed. But with the help of her mom and drama teacher, she is put back into the play. Her odd behavior still continues and she cannot understand why it happens. After she jumps off the catwalk and hurts herself, Miss Dodger is fired.
The Indian born protagonist, Jessminder, finds herself caught in the middle between her love for soccer verses her love for her authoritarian family. Her struggle is adamant from the beginning with the use of non-diegetic sound effects illuminating the juxtaposing British modern pop music against the cultural Indian music, establishing a segregated mood within the film. Jess’ inability to belong is amplified through the racial slurs made by the opposing soccer team using degrading comments such as “Paki” and “black.” Her family create a disaffection between them and Jess because of their strict views and lack of understanding to a modern British society that Jess desires to belong in. As a result, she is constantly rebelling and sneaking around in order to follow her dreams. In the beginning, Chadha uses isolating close up shot’s of Jess to exhibit her lack of connection to others but as the film progresses, wider shots are used involving the other characters.
He says to his manager that he quits hoping that it is quick enough for the girls to hear, turn around, and watch his heroic act but the girls continue walking. This attempt to impress the three girls displays a more chivalrous approach that he now has towards women. He stands up for the girls by quitting and telling Lengel that he “did not have to embarrass them.” (18) Even though Lengel is a good friend of Sammy’s parents and reminds him that they’ll be upset, the young boy sticks to his decision. Updike describes Lengel’s confrontation with the girls as making Sammy feel “so scrunchy inside” (19) that Sammy pops the drawer out of his register as his final act of duty at the A&P. When Sammy finally leaves the A&P, he looks for the girls in the parking lot but they are not there.
This year, they’re thinking that Graciella may be able to do a better job. 2. Unusual sensitivity to the expectations and feelings of others Graciella seems to be sensitive to the conflict with her bother, making up for it by being such an enthusiastic supporter at her brother’s soccer games. She also does not read in front of her brother, because she reads better than he does. Graciella is in the minority amoung the children as far as religion is concerned.
Pattyn, being unable to take the stress of home, begins to question her role in life, especially through her father’s eyes. She knows what is going on at home is wrong, but when she tries to reach out for help, she finds the religious community defends her father, She’s named a liar by her bishop when she speaks about the abuse in hypothetical, and Pattyn (unknowingly) begins to search for outlets to get away from her home life. Eventually, she starts to experiment with dating behind her parents backs, but is caught in the desert by her drunken father. Derek, her boyfriend, leaves her for another girl, whom Pattyn get in a fight with. The fight results in broken glass and a broken nose for Derek’s new girlfriend.
The story “American History” by Judith Ortiz Cofer is about a young girl named Elena, who wants to be friends with Eugene even though they are different. Elena is excited that she gets to go to Eugene’s to study with him. However when she gets there, his mom tells her that he can’t study with her. From this, Elena learns that she shouldn’t allow other people to stop her from following her dreams. By the end of the story, Elena learns that she should not let other people push her around.
He shoots for Elle on like a regular basis. It would have been majorly stupid of me to turn him down” (Ball). Angela also uses her best friend Jane Burnham as a tool to feel better for herself. When Ricky is confronting Angela “She’s not your friend. She’s somebody you use to feel better about yourself” (Ball).