9: Film Study Bend it like Beckham is a 2002 British comedy-drama film‚ which focuses on an Indian family who is strict with their culture and religion. Jess (main character) faces a series of problems in order to achieve her dreams of becoming a professional football player. She had to bend some rules to achieve the goals in the end. I will be supporting this with the following arguments below. Firstly‚ the title of the film is “Bend it like Beckham” not “Break It like Beckham”. Secondly‚ I will
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that wasn’t hard enough already the world tries to shape you to who they want you to be with stereotypes‚ adolescences face a whole lot more issues as well. Adolescence is a burdensome time though in the end it shapes who you are. The film Bend It Like Beckham by Gurinda Chadha‚ explores many adolescence issues including gender stereotypes and generational differences between parents and adolescence. Gender Stereotypes‚ gender stereotypes can be a confronting and tough issue during adolescence since
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Thesis Essay On Religion In a 2003 movie called Bend It Like Beckham‚ the main character is an 18 year old‚ Indian girl named Jesminder Bhamra‚ who is born into the Sikh religion and wants to be a top soccer player. Unfortunately‚ that means she would have to go against the traditional customs of not only her culture but her religion as well. When Jess is giving the opportunity to achieve her goals of playing on a women’s soccer team‚ her sister’s wedding seems to oppose her ultimate goal. Every
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“Bend like Beckham” is a British-themed film about an 18 year old named Jess Jules who is infatured with playing soccer but her family forbids it because of their religion. Their religion is “Punjabi Siks”. They follow by their customs and want her too as well. Jess is at the top of her league in the soccer team she secretly joins. She does all that she can to make it to her practices and not let her family find out. Until one day her dad follows her and sees that she is actually pretty good at it
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“Jess faces several obstacles and challenges in Bend it like Beckham. How does the director use imagery to convey this aspect of the story?” Imagine being born into a family where cultures as well as overprotective parents stop you from following your dream. The film‚ Bend it like Beckham gives an insight into the life of Jesminder Bhamra‚ a typical Indian girl with a passion for football. Being raised in a family with a strong sense of culture‚ Jess was unable to achieve her main goal in life
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May 18th‚ 2014 “Bending” the Rules Cultural clashes are common in our world today. When two cultures come together‚ it would become difficult to integrate without losing original traditional and cultural values. Cultural clashes affect the lives of the younger and older generation by changing their personal views‚ which causes conflicts. The younger generation would have to incorporate the values of another culture‚ while still maintaining their cultural identity. This causes them to feel as if they
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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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English Essay (prejudice) In the two texts Deadly Unna? written by Phillip Gwyne and Bend It Like Beckham directed by Gurinda Chadra the theme of prejudice is significantly explored. Deadly Unna? is the story of a young boy Blacky who is made to overcome prejudice in his small town of the Port. Bend it like Beckham is set in London and is the story of Jess a young Indian girl whose infatuation is football‚ much to her parent’s discontentment. The key theme of prejudice is greatly explored in both
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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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