analysed in study guides. If you use a pre-prepared analysis for your related texts realise you will be competing with the thousands of other students who used the exact same text and analysis. Edward Scissorhands My Big Fat Greek Wedding Into the Wild Looking for Alibrandi Shrek The Arrival Mean Girls The Rabbits The Catcher in the Rye Bra Boys Bend it
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Film Techniques of ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ * At the beginning of the film‚ she is very upset because she was different and of different culture to the kids in her school‚ but then the movie gradually shows that it is actually a positive because that is what Ian liked about her. * In the opening segment‚ there is the use of voiceover‚ which is a reflective technique. * What she said when in the first scene‚ she said she wanted to be blond girls‚ that later Ian likes her because she
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The movie‚ My Big Fat Greek Wedding‚ is about two people from different cultures and how they come together to be married. Toula Portakalous‚ is a thirty year old‚ socially awkward shy women who works as a waitress in her family owned restaurant. She has never been in a proper relationship and her family wants nothing more than for her to get married to a Greek man‚ but after years of trying to get her to date they have slowly given up hope. After Toula takes a job at her aunt’s travel agency‚ she
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COMSTU100: Assignment 1 Location: Blackboard—Course Materials—Assignments Watch My Big Fat Greek Wedding‚ and respond to the following questions. http://ffilms.org/my-big-fat-greek-wedding-2002/ 1) Based on your understanding of cultural variations‚ please compare the U.S. American culture and the Greek culture in the following dimensions (Word limit: Short Answer): Individualism/collectivism Power distance Please use examples from the movie to support your arguments. 2) Previous
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In My Big Fat Greek Wedding‚ I analyzed the scene where Toula’s family is having a party‚ and Ian Miller’s parents are going to come and meet the family for the first time. This is an extreme clash of individualistic vs. collectivistic culture. Ian’s parents seemed to be a traditional white‚ American couple with no sense of foreign food‚ customs‚ or culture of any kind. When the parents originally start walking up to the house‚ and there have to be at least 30 people outside partying‚ it is an
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out of the love for daughter and the young man’s inclusion‚ he helped them hold a big weeding and bought a house as a gift to this couple. Key Words：intercultural marriage‚ Greek culture‚ self-surrender‚ inclusive‚ religious Part 1: Introduction My Big Fat Greek Weeding is a romantic comedy film which is centered on Fotoula“Toula” Portokalos‚ a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek upper class “White Anglo-Saxon Protestant” lan Miller. Toula is a dull girl‚ being
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economy system is one in which a nation’s economic decisions are the result of individual decisions by buyers and sellers in the market place. Market economies are‚ by their very nature‚ decentralized‚ flexible‚ practical and changeable. The central fact about market economies is that there is no center. Indeed‚ one of the founding metaphors for the private marketplace is that of the "invisible hand." No market is a purely a market economy. The US economy system is commonly believed to be nearly
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Monica Manuel 4/24/2013 My Big Fat Straight Wedding hopefully won’t be straight anymore There is much controversy on the rights of same sex marriage ranging from religious viewpoints to the rights as individuals being able to obtain the same rights as heterosexual couples. In the essay “My Big Fat Straight Wedding” written by Andrew Sullivan‚ he asks his audience to see the option of gay marriage through the eyes of each person’s own individuality. In his essay‚ his language‚ tone‚ and arguments
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GREEK WEDDING TRADITIONS MARRIAGE TRADITIONS IN GREECE Greek brides wore traditional wedding veils of yellow or red‚ which represented fire. These brightly coloured veils were supposed to protect the bride from evil spirits and demons. In ancient Greece‚ diamonds were considered teardrops of the Gods‚ and it was believed that a diamond reflected the flames of love‚ that’s why the diamond on the wedding ring is so common. A Greek bride may carry a lump of sugar on her wedding day to ensure she
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