My two texts are “The Namesake” and “Bend it like Beckham”. Our prescribed text‚ Jhumpa Lahiris “The Namesake” explores the link to belonging in detail. The emphasis is on Gogol Ganguli. Gogol struggles with a sense of belonging to his family and his Bengali culture and heritage throughout his life in the course of the novel. Born and raised in the U.S.‚ while his parents spent their entire life in India following Bengali culture and practices and moved on to America as young adults. Gogol must try
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the younger generation adapted to the new culture. This will lead to conflicts and confusion between the two generations. Certain cultures encourage gender roles to try and keep their old traditions‚ and some diminish them. As shown in the film Bend It Like Beckham‚ both families encourage gender roles to keep their old traditions and culture‚ but are diminished at the end of the film when both daughters are allowed to go to America to join the football team Santa Clara. “Multicultural identitie
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It’s interesting when we look at media and wonder if it all Depends on the Attitude of the author‚ producer or publisher when it comes to looking at certain issues or points relating into the world. What we don’t realise in the 21st century is that year 12 students studying supplementary material in standard English may find it difficult to understand and come to terms with it. ‘Educating Rita’ was voted ‘Best Comedy of the year’ when performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1980. By 1983
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and theme of each scene of Bend it like Beckham. Gurinder Chadha displays her techniques through a variety of shots while maintaining a steady wide shot and a medium shot of the scene. Theme includes Family‚ hardship and parental expectation. This creates a realistic shot making the scene entreating to watch. This technique is shown throughout the shot where a scene of Jess is practicing to become a good housewife as it was expected by every Indian parent. Another scene like a long shot of the soccer
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Bend it like Beckham and Educating Rita could relate in these ways • In Bend it like Beckham the Indian tradition of women getting married‚ having children and taking on domestic duties-e.g. cooking etc. relates to Rita how she is expected to live in the same sort of way but wants to break away from that social status and live her own life. • The scene where Jesminder first plays soccer with the team. The coach asks her "where do you play?" and she replies "in the park.” It shows her naivety this
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Bend It Like Beckham Dir. Gurinder Chadha‚ UK/Germany 2002‚ Certificate 12A Introduction Bend It Like Beckham was one of the surprise hits of 2002‚ making over £11‚000‚000 at the UK Box Office and hitting a chord with a range of audiences at cinemas. A vibrant and colourful British comedy about a young girl from a Sikh family who desperately wants to play football against the wishes of her traditional parents‚ the film can be seen to follow the path of other recent British-Asian films such as
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Many films revolve around a challenge for the main character. The challenge Gurinder Chadha’s character‚ Jess Bhamra faces in ‘bend it like Beckham’ is to choose between her family and her love of football. This challenge is presented through the techniques of props‚ dialogue‚ and costumes. The director used props effectively to portray the challenge Jess is to face between the clash of football and Jess’s Indian heritage. This is shown effectively when Jess is practicing her football skills using
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that takes from one place to another. Various types of journeys can be seen clearly in the three texts studied this year: The Happiest Refugee extract‚ written by Anh Doh in 2010‚ The Silver Donkey novel by Sonya Hartnett in 2004 and the film Bend It Like Beckham directed by Gurinder Chadha in 2002. The techniques that the composer uses to express the journeys are personification‚ onomatopoeia‚ repetition‚ similes‚ metaphors‚ music and acting skills. In The Happiest Refuge‚ there are both physical
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Allowing Dreams Perspectives change from person to person‚ culture to culture. If things are right or wrong‚ it all depends on your perspective. In the movie Bend it like Beckham‚ by Gurinder Chanda‚ the main characters father‚ Mr. Bhamra‚ has the perspective that Jess playing football as an Indian‚ is an awful idea‚ though he supports her dreams‚ he just does not admit it due to prior experiences. When parents go through events that truly have had a negative impact on their lives
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Bend It Like Bekham is the story of a young Sikh girl named Jess living in England who wants nothing more than to follow in the footsteps of David Bekham and play soccer. Her parents are very traditional to Sikh values and customs‚ which prevents her from playing soccer. Even though she knows her parents don’t approve‚ Jess goes behind their backs and plays anyway. Considering her heritage and where she is living‚ Jess is caught between two very different cultures‚ modern London and traditional India
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