In the film Real Women Have Curves Latina teenager Ana Garcia struggles on trying to balance her family’s culture and her own beliefs that seem to differ very much from her family’s. This becomes a problem throughout the movie. Her family wants her to be doing something that she is not nearly interested in. The problems mainly break through with Ana’s mother whose name is Carmen. Throughout the whole film you are able to see how the culture differences between Ana and her mother Carmen affect their mother and daughter relationship even till the last moments of the film.
Final Project Case Study Avonda Ellison Phy/210 October-13, 2013 Tenika Jean-Paul Case Study What are the causes of stress in Jennifer’s life? How is stress affecting Jennifer’s health? The causes of stress in Jennifer’s life is from daily hassles and life changes. Jennifer is dealing with a loss of a pregnancy, death of her mothers, and her father deteriorating health. Not only is Jennifer dealing with daily hassle she has to deal with the fact that she doesn’t see her husband much and her husband’s parents are pressuring to have a child.
This made Charlie Marie feel like her back was always against the wall and she always had to abide by her mother’s rules, it made her feel as if she was never free or in control. When Charlie Marie and Paolo ended up splitting up he fought for her and fought for but despite that fact that Grandma Moore “prayed for her to make up with Paolo” (12) she didn’t and when she found Karr’s dad at a truck stop near where she blew a tire he was interested in her. Karr’s dad noticed “her string of practiced invectives, which seemed unlikely given her fancy clothes and New York license plate, impressed him to no end. He never heard a women cuss like that before” (11). Charlie Marie noticed him as well, and Grandma Moore didn’t approve at all because he was a “union worker.” Grandma Moore has always had some hatred for Pete;
She displays her mental fortitude in many ways. For example when the Spider-man lets her know he is fond of her she doesn’t even flinch, she also doesn’t let her emotions overwhelm her when Sophie lets out her rage and frustration. Another account of when she portrayed her strength is when she had to leave her mother when she had to escape the people on horses trying to capture her. As well as being strong she is also very intelligent. Like David, she understands that the community they live in, Waknuk, is not safe for them and realizes early that they need to escape.
Technically, Mickey’s attacks are not spouse abuse, but straightforward assault and battery. The deliberation of rape, another obvious situation in the case, is never addressed. When Francine seeks help from various social agencies, they let her down, advising her to get a lawyer. For some reason, she is unable or unwilling to take this step, and she even shows a reserve at first to deal with her own court-appointed attorney. Her fears are that the law might turn against her, declare her an unfit mother, or otherwise destroy her
5) Leonce never asks Edna how her day is going, or how she is feeling about certain things, yet he expects her to be completely mesmerized with him and his conversations. If Edna doesn't act the way a lady should, it could ruin Leonce's business. The people of the community will look down on him if they know his wife is out of control like he thinks she is. She doesn't take care of the children, she has an artistic pastime that interferes with family duties, and she wants freedom. This could really ruin Mr. Pontellier's
In Raney’s mind, Charles was placing blame on her, her family, and specifically, her mother who spent most of her time taking care of Uncle Nate. This caused Raney to leave Charles and stay with her Aunt Flossie for a period of time. This incident opened both their eyes about their communication and conflict issues and forced them to come up with a way to deal with their problems before it leads to a failed marriage. Marriage counseling seemed to be the answer for them in order to take the steps to resolute their problems. Most young couples have not been through long-term relationships before marriage.
In Alldredge’s criticism of Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying one of the prominent things she discusses and give a valid, and strong point on is Addie Bundren’s favoritism to her illegitimate son Jewel and how it made Darl become bitter and eventually undoes him. When Alldredge states that Addie’s “relationships, or lack of them, with [her]… family is essential to any understanding of the inner conflicts in her children” (Alldredge) this is especially true with Darl. She hardly paid attention to her other children besides Jewel and it really struck home with Darl. Darl is so bitter by his mother and Jewel’s relationship that he keeps him from her death bed and his excuse is that “[He] wants [Jewel] to help [him] load” (Faulkner 7.6-10) knowing full well that his mother would want Jewel there more than anything. Does Darl care?
Although Edna has taken control of her own life, she is still not happy with her life because of the many different types of love she has experienced. Alcee loves her but she only uses him as an affair while her husband is doing business. Robert truly loves her, and she felt the same way about him, but he can’t have her, because her husband already owns her. Edna doesn’t want to be owned by anyone, but no matter how many times she rebels and takes control of things, men still think of her as a possession. Edna ends her life in search for herself, and her
Theoretically, intercultural persons have unique perspectives in communications because they can see situations from two different cultural backgrounds, most commonly from the individualistic and collectivistic cultures. However, this also places most of them in a double bind; they can see both sides of a situation but this ultimately leads to an internal conflict that they must resolve. The movie Bend it like Beckham exemplifies the dilemma that many intercultural persons must face. The protagonist, Jesminder or Jess, is an 18-year-old East Indian girl who lives in England. The movie documents her struggles to find a balance between the collectivistic culture of her parents and the individualistic culture in which she grew up.