Analysis Of Athena's Culture

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The movie depicted Athena as a people pleaser and a stickler for rules. At an early age, she did everything her father said to do. She never question her father why she couldn’t do certain things. Athena never pushed herself to the limit, in other words she was operating in stagnation. A mental health counselor would be useful for Athena, to push her to want more out of her life. Also, the mental health counselor can be helpful to boost her self-esteem, to make her more independent without breaking against Greek’s traditions. For instance, Toula was able to work with computers, which was something she has been wanting to do, and at the same time she was still working with her family. Also, Athena may be dealing with pressure from her family …show more content…

Athena followed her culture rules and traditions by marrying a greek man, not attending a higher learning institution, having numerous of children, and being submissive to her father and husband. An individual way of thinking, and mental structure are based from their culture (Newman & Newman, 2015). Athena’s culture influence her life in positive and negative ways. Her culture taught her how to become a great wife, but it lack teaching her how to become strong and indepent. Athena experience cultural continuity. Cultural continuity is “when a child is given information and responsibilities that apply directly to that child’s future adult behavior” (Newman & Newman, 2015, p. 44). The teachings that Athena received as a child, followed her into her adult …show more content…

Toula displayed resilience throughout the movie. Toula was a late bloomer according to her culture because she married and started a family late. Instead of giving up, Toula pushed through the negative comments and broke through her shell. Toula was able to overcome the threats in her development. Wellness is not just health, but it is also “equality and social justice”(Prilleltensky, Nelson, & Peirson, 2001, p.147). According to this definition of wellness, the family did not demonstrate good wellness. Their culture did not provide them with a chance of being equal nor social juices. For instance, women are look frown upon that goes to school, but yet it is fine if the men go to school. Equality is something that was not shown in the

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