She’s The Man She’s the man directed by Andy Fickman and realised in 2007 is a romantic comedy about following your dreams. This film presents themes such as the importances of being yourself and following your dreams, the ways that gender stereotypes affect our behaviour and the importance of communication in relationships. Most sports are not co-ed because of the common conception that women cannot play at the same level of sport as men can. Viola Hastings the main character in the film, is a high school soccer player at a school called Cornwall. Viola's soccer team at Cornwall gets cut.
Coulter then goes on to provide several reasons why she finds soccer to be the harbinger of doom for American morality. One reason Coulter sites for her detestation of soccer is that it does not value personal achievement. The sport places value in making all the players feel valued instead of teaching an appreciation for the thrill of victory and an abhorrence for the agony of defeat. Coulter suggests that soccer is a sport that only a liberal mother could love since it allows co-ed play, which the legal correspondent believes makes it about as exciting as women’s basketball. Apparently, nobody likes women’s basketball either.
BELONGING The concept of Belonging is a multi-layered concept, particularly in the novel "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri, the news article "Burqas and Fries" by Erika Hayasaki and the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare. A person's sense of belonging is determined by the relationships they share with themselves and other people. Whether it's family, friends or society in general, humans have a desire to belong and be an important part of something greater than themselves. The ideology that one must belong to oneself before they can belong anywhere else, justifies this complexity of someone's Identity and the Relationships they share. These two concepts both encapsulate the notion of Belonging being a multi-layered concept and are fostered into each of the composer's texts coherently.
Gogol is teased about his name, his parent’s want him to identify with an aspect of Bengali culture, but he resists, the parents want to visit India, and Gogol and Sonia complain and feel their summer is ruined, Gogol has romantic relationships that his parents don’t understand, and finally Gogol moves away and changes his name, and barely keeps up with his parents. All of these smaller conflicts are indicative of the bigger struggle going on
However, it is also crucial not to make assumptions that individuals are representations of their cultures. Though families may make them familiar to various aspects of culture, individuals may identify with some dimensions of their ethnicity while rejecting others (Bogo, 2006). To explain the concept of internalization, I will use an example from my personal life. When I look back upon time, I can say with utmost surety that family has played a significant role in shaping my belief system. I have taken significant aspects of my culture and made it a part of my identity.
Antoinette's relationship with her husband, the unnamed narrator of part two, turns sour very early on. The narrator hates everything about the island. He describes everything as too much. This discourages Antoinette because she loves everything about her home. Antoinette represents the vivacious, passionate and exciting nature of the island while her husband represents the rigid and strict nature of English society.
The Magdalene Sisters (2002) and Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) both feature characters who are shunned by society and who manage to emerge triumphant despite their labeling as outcasts. The Magdalene Sisters tells the story of four teenage girls who are sent to Magdalene Asylums in Ireland because the they viewed as being “fallen” women according to the Roman Catholic faith. They experience inexplicable horrors at the hands of the Asylums’ authority and eventually have to stand up to a hypocritical and oppressive system. The eponymous long distance runner in Tony Richardson’s 1962 film is forced by social circumstances and his own disillusionment to a life of petty crimes. He has a chance at redemption through his athletic prowess but finds that even that skill is being manipulated by “the Governor” in charge at the reform school he sent to.
The stories both center on the journey, and the way a person goes from one phase of life to another. The stories show that it does not matter the direction a person’s life may take them; they will meet setbacks that can discourage their pursuit for a better life. A person needs to possess a strong and firm will to build motivation toward the journey of life. The theme in both of these
Yes, this sounds clichéd – but it nevertheless speaks of the conformity that the belonging process often demands in order to overcome the dilemmas associated with belonging. Thus, belonging in a sense can be paradoxical; That in order for one to ‘belong,’ one must often lose a sense of identity. However, in order to positively belong, one must first construct themselves as an individual to know where they belong. These notions of belonging are demonstrated in Heat and Dust, Eveline and Kindness. Belonging cannot be conferred or passively accept, but must be established once we construct ourselves individually.
Without relationships who would we be, what would we do and where would we belong? Relationships eminently seem to be the foundation of belonging, whether it is in a family, friendship, romance or otherwise. Relationships are able to enrich our identity and sense of belonging which can therefore lead to acceptance and understanding. Consequently, belonging can also have the ability to have negative repercussions for individuals involved in these relationships. ‘The Sandwich Generation’ by Julie Winokur and Ed Kashi as well as ‘Feliks Skrzynecki’ by Peter Skrzynecki both outline the understanding of belonging and what it means for those involved in the relationships.