Analysis Of The Movie Footloose

In the movie, Footloose, we see many influences of family and culture that the media portrays. We noticed that in Ariel’s family dynamic her parents have a demandingness parenting style. The Reverend and Mrs. Moore are strict in their expectations and rules and are trying to monitor Ariel closely. We see reciprocal or bidirectional effects take place because Ariel is not only affected by her parents, but also affecting her parents in return. We see this when because of her parent’s strict rules, Ariel rebels. Her rebellion leads to greater distance with her parents. This causes stress on the Reverend that if he can’t control his daughter, he can’t control his congregation. We can also see this when Ariel confesses her sins to her parents, her father lashes out and slaps Ariel. His anger is an effect of her rebellion.
The whole movie is based around cultural issues. The town has combined religion and state and has made several rules that the adolescences have to follow. These are strict rules that the city councilmen feel is right, but others within the community do not, but the city councilmen do not want to change these rules. Ren has a multicultural model of adaptation. He lived in Boston where the culture was the complete

One of the first things he said was he wanted to get a job and help out his Uncles family. His Uncle was able to get him a job at the cotton gin. Although in the movie it was not stated how many hours Ren worked there, we now that for adolescences it is best to keep employment at only 10 hours per week. I also feel the Ren was at a stage in his life where he has mastered the 6 basic skills for success at a job. These included; reading at a ninth-grade level or higher, doing math at a ninth-grade level or higher, solving semi-structured problems, communicate orally and in writing, using a computer for word processing and other tasks, and collaborating in diverse