“I can bend those balls like Beckem” Consider the complex lives of your children for a minute. Do you believe in any way you are hindering them? Limiting them? And even if you are, are your only hindering ridicules things like, being a rock star, NBA player, richest man alive, etc. Well in the film, Bend it like Beckem, by Gurinder Chadha, a football loving, tomboyish, energetic, girl named Jess has her parents holding her up to some high standers of a Sikh woman, when in reality she just wants to play football and have fun. Throughout the majority of the film, Jess is at war with herself by trying to play football, and keeping her parents happy for her, two inconsistent goals that ultimately will lead to the future she will have. Her parents …show more content…
And she wants to play football. Her feelings toward playing are unparalleled. So, after hearing she had a chance to play football, on a real female team, she was agitated. So naturally, when her parents told her not to play, she snuck out, and lied to their faces on occasion. Even though she had no other choice (to her anyways), she did feel very guilty for it. The pain of living a double life was unbearable. But when her father allowed her go to one football match, during her sister’s wedding, she didn’t just win, or meet a scout. She was happy. Happy because she didn’t have the pain of lying to her parents. And after feeling how it felt to play without sneaking around, she didn’t want to retreat from it. Especially when she was told, by an American scout, that she could play football on a university team. With her desires pulling her in different directions, Jess was forced to make a resolve so she could play on the American team. Her best friend, Tony, seeing the pain she is going though, even attempts to marry her so that her parents will allow her to travel. But that wouldn’t be enough. Jess knew in order be happy playing football, she had to stop sneaking around and tell the truth to them. She spoke her heart and to them. And after, Jess’s honesty, & her father’s kind words, Jess finally got approval from her family to go play football. And with that, her inner struggle, seemed
Jesse is ashamed that Little Jesse is nothing like him when he was a young boy, convincing himself that they cannot connect due to their difference in interests. Jesse tries to figure out how to celebrate Little Jesse’s achievements in his new school, so he asks his co-worker Mary Lou what she thinks would be a good activity. She is in disbelief
As a teen, Rayona is in a confusing period of life. The gradual breakdown of her family life places an addition burden on her conscience. Without others for support, Rayona must find a way to handle her hardships. At first, she attempts to avoid these obstacles in her life, by lying, and by not voicing her opinions. Though when confronting them, she learns to feel better about herself and to understand others.
First, when the child is playing, is not a good for the parents what they sit in the harrow and when child touches the ball, he parents shout “way to go” and clap enthusiast-astically. The child had done nothing to merit such praise. That action is consequently can be frustrate
she must learn how to overcome. She goes from being this person who doesn’t fit in at
Solution 3: Jess accepts the fact that she died and builds a new relationship with his little sister.
Winnie and Jesse have been portrayed to have a thing. Most importantly, in this book, there have been shown to be a great familial love. Winnie’s family shows her a lot of love. For instance, the family was against the decision she made of going out on her own and thought was too young. The Tucks as a family loved each other and also loved Winnie dearly. Winnie also reciprocated the love that these families showed her and loved them back. This great love is portrayed for example where Mae is determined to kill to ensure that Winnie is safe. Winnie, on the other hand, reciprocates this love and is committed to breaking the law just to set Mae Tuck free. The Tucks accepts their fate to protect the world from the destruction that would have resulted from revealing of their secret which was the spring which offered the eternal
The protagonist, Caitlin, has fallen off the top of the cheerleader's pyramid at the season's biggest football game. She also injured several other cheerleaders as she fell. She was distracted because she heard someone in the crowd yell out her sister's name. Caitlin has hated cheerleading ever since she made the team and falling from the top of the pyramid certainly didn't entice her to stick with it. Thankfully nobody was hurt too seriously but it put a damper on the entire evening.
Later, Jess’s music teacher invites him to spend a day in Washington D.C. while Leslie travels to Terabithia without him and the rope breaks and she drowns. Jess returns home that night to find out that his best friend Leslie is dead. Jess goes through the emotions of grieving, angry, to upset, from this incident. A few days later he returns to Terabithia so he can place a funeral wreath for Leslie. Without Jess knowing May Belle has followed him but cries for help since she was stuck in the creek.
What Jessica desires is to be in control and she sees an opportunity to achieve this within the popular group of the school. Jessica earns her position within her clique by being demanding. She scrutinizes students at school, and her dominant demeanor allows her to control people’s behaviours. Although Jessica plays her part exceptionally well, Valerie is able to see through the facade. During a conversation between Jessica and Val, Val sees the true Jessica. She says, “The confidence was gone, the superiority was missing - all replaced by this weird vulnerability that didn’t look right on her,” (Brown 215). Valerie sees that without her public persona, Jessica is vulnerable. What Jessica desires is control, and without it she feels just as insignificant as those she picks on. By developing a public persona of a confident teenager, Jessica controls people’s lives and makes an impact on others, positive or
...ess. Jennifer shows that she is not really willing to adapt to her new environment because she continues to only stay in contact with her friends back home. The majority of Jennifer’s issues deal with her egocentric and individualistic thinking. Jennifer feels that everything should revolve around her which is why she cannot understand why Kerri wants to hang out with other people. She specifically says she doesn’t understand why black people have to hang out together all the time. It is Jennifer’s thinking that will stop her from having a healthy social life at this particular college.
With more and more children participating in some sort of organized sport than ever before, there is a constant concern regarding the pressures kids are brought into to excel. Emotionally over-involved parents often think that it is their responsibility to persuade, push, or support the children's fantasies or sporting objectives, even if the kids themselves do not share the same aspirations as his/her parents. Part of growing up is learning what interests you the most. It's how one becomes familiar with who they really are and what they enjoy doing in life. Unfortunately, for many young children, his/her parents seem to take his/her own lives into their own hands. Most parents want their kids to grow up to be "superstars", make it big after the college scenario, and perhaps go on to play professionally or succeed in the Olympics. We all know that there are the few that make it professionally, and having your parent paint a picture for you as you're barely going into grade school is unethical. Yet for the unfortunate, these kids are helpless to the pressure that is put on them at such a young age. Take Todd Marinovich, for example. For the child's entire life he was exercised, fed, schooled, and drilled with his fathers' one g...
The relationship with Michelle is a passionate, yet violent and miserable one. They’re both too caught up in drugs, unable to take care of themselves, let alone each other. Their young love is overshadowed by fights and ultimately destroyed by the abortion of their child.
When Jessica comes into a scene, no one acknowledges her, nor speaks to her. her directly to her. Jessica truly loves Lorenzo when she runs away from her father, she takes all his jewellery and money. She may not like Shylock but he is her father and this is a big act to carry out.
This is evident in films such as Bend it Like Beckham. Both main characters, Jess and Jules, face pressure from their families, teammates and society in general to be the best at both playing soccer and being female. The pressure to excel in sport comes from their motivations and their teammates. For Jess and Jules, it is especially important, since they are representative of all women footballers. They are on one of the few teams for women in the area. If they play badly, others will believe that wo...
In the end, life for Jessie had ceased to be. Her life is gone; the turmoil finally removed…a sense of relief perhaps, maybe a permanent state of rest. By committing suicide she sealed her optimum destiny and achieved closure to her life. She reached nirvana.