Riding The Bus With My Sister Media Interpretation

Introduction For the Media Interpretation Paper, I decided to apply the material that we have covered up to this point in the semester through lectures, discussions, and textbooks to a film that I have recently watched — Riding the Bus with My Sister. This film depicted a disability issue among a woman that focused on the social, political, cultural, and spiritual significance to society.
What is this media piece about? Furthermore depicting the film and its significance to a disability issue and society, Riding the Bus with My Sister was a media film that was based off of a true story book, written by Rachel Simmon. In summary, Rachel has an intellectually disabled sister named Beth — whom spends her days riding the bus routes among a city
Rachel immediately experiences and acknowledges these “odd” behaviors of Beth, such as; her daily bus routes routines, her choice in food (chocolate pudding and Coke), and her choice of bright colored and mismatched clothing (t-shirts with cartoons) (Simmon and Eliason, 2005).
What is the issue shown in the media piece? With Beth’s intellectual developmental disability, there were several different issues that the media film portrayed through her daily life activities — especially among riding the bus with Rachel. Though the major issue that I found to be present in this media piece was through Rachel and the lack of relationship between her and Beth and her lack of desire to be a part of her life. The issue that I found, especially towards the beginning of the movie was the impression that Rachel may have considered Beth to be a nuisance to her and her busy lifestyle of being wrapped up in her job. Before giving Beth’s lifestyle a chance (of riding the buses), I do not believe that Rachel was able to understand what all Beth was actually capable of accomplishing amongst her life (Simmon and Eliason,