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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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    William  Vergara   Movie  Essay  (Bend  it  like  Beckham)       A  lot  of  people  are  stereotypical  or  racist‚  and  if  you  let  the  people  who  would   push  you  around  do  what  ever  they  want  to  you‚  you  will  never  be  able  to   achieve  your  dream‚  as  long  as  you  don’t  trust  yourself  and  not

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    Bend it like Beckham From Jules mother not wanting her daughter to play football‚ to letting her go to America and play football really shows the change she had made throughout this film. You can notice how she changes her attitude for the sport and her daughter’s skills in the game. At one point her mother would be happy for her‚ and then be angry at her for no resin. Jules mother learns that her daughter is very good at playing football and that she can still lead a life of a traditional woman

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    In the film Bend it Like Beckham directed by Gurinder Chada displays an internal conflict of decision making through Jess’ internal struggle with soccer and family. Jess’ sister continues to be successful and gets engaged‚ Jess tries to ignore these desires and wishes to play soccer. Jess is torn between the choice of either playing soccer and disrespecting her family’s wishes or respecting her family’s wishes and not playing soccer. The reason why this is even a problem is the fact that her

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    Most popular sports in the US In America‚ you can find a lot of fun things to do. One of those things is doing different sports. It is a sporty country‚ and for many people sports become part of their lives. There is a lot of different types of sports‚ but the most famous are team sports‚ such as American football‚ baseball‚ ice hockey‚ and lacrosse. Those are the most four known American sports‚ and from the first look they seem to be very similar‚ but if you want to get into them‚ you should learn

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    Rough Draft There were many things going on in the 1960’s. At the end of the fifites‚ It was thought that this new decade was going to hold a great future. However‚ it quickly turned into a decade of unrest. The most signficant event was the Vietnam War. It was a very stressful time for America. American’s often used sports for a diversion from the trouble time. The biggest historical‚ political and social event of the 1960’s was the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. According

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    The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the eighteenth century in which the Thirteen Colonies that became the United States of America gained independence from the British Empire. This article by David Dzurec explains how the experiences of prisoners of war during the American Revolution helped those fighting to gain American liberty. Dzurec has mentioned that the “barbarous and cruel nature of British treatment of prisoners allowed those‚ who supported the patriot cause

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    In David A. Stannard’s book‚ American Holocaust: Columbus And the Conquest of the New World‚ Stannard discusses the cruelty he says Christopher Columbus inflicted upon Native Americans and how it was comparable to the genocidal acts of World War II. This debate arose roughly thirteen or so years ago‚ and before then people thought Columbus could not have possibly done something so horrific. However‚ there is evidence to support the claims‚ and the idea that Columbus may have been crueler than previously

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    Bend it Like Beckham uses the metaphor of football (soccer) to explore and discuss race‚ gender‚ and ethnicity in contemporary London. 18-year-old Jesminder "Jess" Bhamra (Parminder Nagra) is a British Indian Punjabi Sikh living in the western suburbs of London. Her older sister‚ Pinky (Archie Panjabi)‚ is preoccupied with fashion and her upcoming wedding to her boyfriend Teetu (Kulvinder Ghir)‚ who operates a successful automobile business. Jess’ father (the noted actor‚ Anupam Kher ) is a Kenyan

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    Angely Levis Professor Florian English 114a 11 September 2013 Response to David Carr’s Articles By reading the five different topic articles I began to see the writing style of Carr. In all five stories he always referred back to his main point. Although‚ he may have slightly drifted away with detail from what he started his article with‚ he always came back to put together what he was saying from the beginning. His style of writing is unique in ways he grabs his reader’s attention and

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