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    affect society There are various representations within the text that challenges the individual to experiences familiar and new horizons. Through the texts Billy Elliot and The short story "The Story of X" have helped to convey various new horizons and familiar experiences. Firstly‚ New horizons can be explored through both Billy Elliot and the story of ’x’ with the challenging of gender expectations and the effort in which the characters display in order to breakthrough the dominant discourses in

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    Masculinity In Billy Elliot

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    Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is an shy 11-year-old living with his proud miner father (Gary Lewis) and older brother Tony (Jamie Draven) during the political and social unrest of the 1984 miner’s strike. Times are hard - the men of the house spend their days on the picket lines clashing with the police‚ while Billy navigates the minefield of adolescence and takes care of his increasingly senile grandmother (Jean Heywood). Determined to forge his son in his own image‚ Billy’s father sends him for

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    Billy Elliot The experience of moving into the world can have multiple consequences. This is highly reflected in Steven Daldry’s direction of the film Billy Elliot (2000). The protagonist‚ Billy Elliot and his father Jacky Elliot go through many experiences that consequent in growth and change‚ barriers and obstacles as well as making decisions. The experiences of moving into the world can consequent in growth and change. The jump cut between Billy dancing around the boxing ring and his opponent

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    Billy Elliot Belonging

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    Moving into the world is a notion which encompasses transition and change. The concept explores how both choices and consequences can alter an individual both physically and emotionally. Billy Elliot‚ a film directed by Stephen Daldry (2000)‚ is a film with a powerful message about venturing into a new world. It explores the themes of maturity and growth as well as gender conflicts. The choices and consequences endured by the characters of the film are used to highlight the positive and negative

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    Billy Elliot Transition

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    into new experiences are often clouded with preformed expectations of future outcomes. However‚ through the triumph of confronting personal and social challenges‚ one is able to gain rewards‚ much greater than their desired results. The film “Billy Elliot” directed by Stephen Daldry explores the importance of having support and a receptive mindset for when individuals embark on difficult periods in life to achieve their ambitions. Comparatively‚ the poem “Naked Girl and Mirror” written by Judith Wright

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    Billy Elliot Transitions

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    Billy Elliot – Into the World There are a variety of pathways and elements‚ which enables individual transition into a New World. ‘Into the World’ is about people choosing the next pathway into their life by their own determination‚ experiences and support which enables them to go beyond their original location and narrow view of the world. ‘Billy Elliot’ relates to the elective ‘Into the World’ as the film is about new possibilities opening up‚ determination‚ family support and individual growth

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    Billy Elliot

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    Conflict and Relationship in Billy Elliot A significant conflict and relationship in the film Billy Elliot directed by Stephen Daldry is between Billy and his father Jacky. Billy is an 11-year-old boy who lives in Ireland with his father‚ brother and Grandmother in a little apartment. Billy and his father’s relationship is stable until the shock of his son doing ballet instead of boxing. They both have different views for the future and this causes conflict on their relationship.

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    Billy Elliot

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    Daldry‚ the director of Billy Elliot‚ exploits Maslow’s theory to depict a coal miner’s son from Northern England who desires to be a ballet dancer. Billy Elliot is a musical version of the British movie of the same name‚ and both of them are directed by Stephan Daldry. Although the movie was his first debut as a director‚ it brought enormous success with various awards. In terms of music‚ the iconic singer and composer Elton John was so moved by the movie “Billy Elliot” composed the music for the

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    Wally's Billy Elliot

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    Billy Elliot directed by Stephen Daldry tells the story of young boy named Billy who desire to become a professional dancer but his father‚ Jacky‚ does not agree with him. However at the end of the story‚ his father allows him to go to the audition at Royal Ballet School. This mean Billy will get better future life than he used to be. This is because he will get more education. The most important decision that Jacky makes is accepted in Billy and allows him to go to the audition at the Royal Ballet

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    Billy Elliot

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    Billy Elliot This story shows us all the rewards of perseverance in following our own star despite parental or popular opinion. It demonstrates the redemptive agency of love in a family under enormous stress and shows a father coming through as a parent after some blatant errors. The film illuminates the tensions and sorrows of a family dealing with the loss of its wife and mother while the grandmother gently sinks into senility. (Billy lovingly takes care of his grandmother.) In this film a friendship

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