In the film Bend It Like Beckham‚ several characters go through both internal and external conflicts. Their minds are pulled in conflicting directions by two compelling desires‚ ambitions‚ obligations‚ and influences. In Jess’s case‚ she is conflicted with her desire to play football and her obligation to her family to follow cultural traditions (Bend It Like Beckham). She is torn between doing what makes her happy and her responsibility to her family (Bend It Like Beckham). Because of this‚ Jess
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What you want in comparison to what your family expects form you is a common disagreement through most family households. In the movie ‘Bend it like Beckham’ we saw the conflict between jess and her parents on how they feel and what they want for her‚ how jess sees the situation and how it is resolved. Throughout Jess’s journey she is constantly pulled in what she truly wants and what here family/culture expects (internal conflict). To start off‚ Jess’s dreams are more important than here culture
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"Bend it like Beckham" Essay The movie‚ "Bend it like Beckham"‚ is not only about a girl wanting to be a soccer player‚ it is also about cultural geography. In this movie‚ cultural geography plays a big role. Everything about it has to do with where they are from and what there culture is like. All aspects of these things play a part in this movie. This movie takes place in the country of England. The main girl in the story though is Indian. Her family migrated from India‚ along with others in
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The movie “Bend it like Beckham” is about a young Indian girl trying to break stereotypes and adventure out to be a great soccer player just like her hero David Beckham. The main character Jesminder Bhamra‚ nicknamed Jess‚ wants to play soccer but her parents have a different plan for her. The parents want their daughter to leave sports and focus on finding a husband just like her sister Pinky did‚ by marrying a nice Indian man and learning how to cook. Jess is trying to fulfill her dreams without
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* Shot type: Wide Shot. * Location: The Bhamra’s house‚ Bhamra’s kitchen. * Characters: Mrs Bhamra (Jess’ mother) and Jess. * Action/mood: Jess with different vegetables and using them as a football whilst her mother tries to teach her to cook proper Indian dishes‚ but her mother notices and yells at her. * Place and purpose in the film: A while after the beginning of the film Mrs Bhamra has made Jess learn a proper Indian meal but Jess takes no interest in it what so ever. She uses
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Chadha’s film‚ Bend It Like Beckham‚ Jess‚ a Sikh Female‚ decides to play soccer instead of preparing herself for marriage. According to Jess she says “I’m sick of this wedding and it hasn’t even started!” Jess is sic of the wedding even tho is has not started yet because
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The dual definition of citizenship from May Joseph’s article Nomadic Identities: The Performance of Citizenship‚ can be used to analyze the different forms of citizenship that are presented in the film‚ Bend it Like Beckham‚ directed by Gurinder Chadha. Citizenship is typically referred to as someone being considered a member of a country under specific laws. This general idea of citizenship is further analyzed in Nomadic Identities: The Performance of Citizenship. The article presents the idea that
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is about the 2002 film ‘Bend it Like Beckham.’ The film is about a teenage girl of Indian decent‚ living in modern-day London. She is passionate about soccer‚ but her immigrant parents who follow the Sikh religion and culture‚ ban her from playing it. The major themes that will be discussed in my essay are the issues of gender. My major theme includes such topics as sexism‚ sexuality and the expectations put upon a certain gender according to religion or culture. Examples of sexism include when
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Over the years‚ there have been many stereotypes and labels put on Indians. A movie called Bend It Like Beckham was released in 2002 and it touched upon many of these assumptions. The movie uses the life of the main character to create a representation of Indian culture. The plot is based around an Indian girl named Jessminder who has a passion for soccer‚ but her parents make it very clear to her that they do not want her spending her time on a sport. They want her to get a good education then
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four: compare how the parents wish the best for their children in both resources. Paragraph five: summarize that the relationship between parents and children. Parents-Children Relationship in Swimming Lesson and Bend it Like Beckham Parents-children relationship always would be a topic between different generations‚ they would have different concepts and different opinions about the same thing‚ especially when the family
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