The movie I chose to portray developmental stages is “A Cinderella Story” featuring Hillary Duff. The story begins with a young girl and her father who has a very strong relationship that fulfilled all the girl’s needs. During this time Sam had many friends and a strong support system from the adults that work at her father’s dinner. Although, as time passed by the father wanted Sam to have a mother and got hitched. With a new mother and two sisters that find her presents a disturbance in their new marriage, Sam life was still being held together by the love of her dad. After an earthquake that resulted in the death of her father Sam completely changed. Time fast forwards to Sam as a teenager in high school. Sam is now a loner at school with …show more content…
At work she cares for Sam’s wellbeing and education, she attempts to show Sam that she is important and deserves better. At school Sam’s life isn’t so different, other kids mock her for the job she has as a bus girl and for her lack in feminine clothing. She believes that fantasy is better than reality, she has a hidden relationship with a boy through text messages. The only person that she fully expresses herself with other than Rhonda is the guy she texts. Before the dance Sam is still confused on whether to go or not, but after Rhonda gives Sam a special dress that was her wedding dress, it installs confidence in Sam. The dress was one of the only things given to Sam from a women that made her feel pretty, and it made Sam realize even for a moment that she deserves to be spoiled too. Although, at the dance after having a great time with her guy she fall back into thinking that she would be doing him a favor if she didn’t disappoint him by reveling her true identity. Sam’s is exposed when a popular girl tells the whole school of her story and humiliating her. When she looks to her guy for help he turns in embarrassment, which only reinstalls her feelings of being worthless and an embarrassment and returns to her normal life of taking orders and feeling bad for herself.
The turning point in this movie was when Sam finds her father message of his life motto, “Don’t let the fear of striking
The Great Depression of the 1930’s caused widespread poverty, but the popular culture of the time did not reflect this. People wanted to escape from this harsh time so movies, dancing and sports became very popular. Radios broadcasted boxing matches and boxers became stars. The heavyweight champion James J. Braddock aka “Cinderella Man,” gained popularity. James Braddock gained fame by winning many fights and proving everyone wrong when they said he was too old and couldn’t win.
The film opens with Sam on the phone with her best girlfriend Randy. She is examining herself in her full length mirror and is totally horrified to find that her body didn’t’ magically transform overnight. She was hoping to wake up with a body just like Caroline’s. Caroline is the head cheerleader, prom queen, and girlfriend of the most popular boy in school, Jake Ryan. Sam is hopelessly “in love” with Jake and is convinced that he won’t know she exists until she is more developed, more mature, more like Caroline. Little does she know, Jake does notice her. He is intrigued by a certain mispassed note containing some very personal information about Sam’s sex life (or lack of
influence all her life and struggles to accept her true identity. Through the story you can
Attention Getter. Fairy tales portray the idea that anything is possible for someone no matter the person or their social class. The fairy tale of Cinderella tells a story of a woman who has nothing in life, but, with help, finds a prince with whom she lives “happily ever after.” The fairy tale, however, fails to acknowledge that there is any love between the prince and Cinderella, a key aspect of a relationship. The movie Pretty Woman, directed by Garry Marshall, illustrates the Cinderella idea that a man knows what he wants in a woman, but also that he must be in love. In the movie, the main character Edward Lewis realizes that Vivian is a woman who fits his lifestyle and that he could be with, but in addition falls in love with Vivian and the woman that she is. This suggests that Garry Marshall was making the claim that, in addition to chemistry and compatibility, love must be a present factor in a meaningful relationship.
When it came time to pick a stage of development, I chose the stage of middle childhood. The movie that best depicted this stage of development to me was the 1991 movie “My Girl”. In this movie, you see a 11-year-old girl named Vada Sultenfuss going through a lot of psychosocial and cognitive changes in her life. She has grown up without her mother due to instant death when being born and she blames herself for her mother’s passing. Her dad is very absent in the upbringing of Vada, as he focuses most of his time and energy into his work as a mortician. Vada is surrounded by death due to the fact that they live in the house where her father constructs his business which is why her view on death is demented. When her dad becomes involved
Over centuries of children have been enjoying the classic fairy tales of the Grimm Brothers and Charles Perrault. The fanciful plots and the vivid details allow children to be entranced by characters and adventures that can only be found in these stories. One of the most beloved fairy tales, which both the Perrault and the Grimms have their own separate versions of, is Cinderella. Cinderella is able to show how both versions are able to feed off the same plots while personifying the century and social economic situation in which they have lived.
Not all parents love their children equally. Circumstances and personal vendettas influence feelings and actions. People attempt to justify their reasoning, but most know their reasoning appears personal and petty. Stepparents hold such grudges and ill will. “The ‘Cinderella Effect’: Elevated Mistreatment of Stepchildren in Comparison to Those Living with Genetic Parents” by Martin Daly & Margo Wilson supports the argument that villainous stepparents are created in tales such as “Cinderella” by the Brothers Grimm to create a more interesting story and to reflect real family relations.
Watching old shows like Leave it to Beaver and The Andy Griffith Show, it is obvious that our current ideas about gender roles has shifted away from the idyllic family of the husband working and the wife staying at home to look after all the domestic needs. This is mostly because of the economy which as forced many women, whether they want to be or not, to join the work force to keep food on the table and a roof over their families head. While women have embraced this change and used it to show that they can do the same jobs males can, it has been harder for men to accept that they are no longer the sole provider for a family anymore, as pointed out in the article Why We Need to Reimagine Masculinity. It has become a necessity for many people
Cinderella Man is the story of professional boxer, James J. “The Hope of the Irish” Braddock’s rise back into the spotlight. James was a championship boxer in the late 1920’s and was known by everyone in the New York/New Jersey area. Everyone has their downs, James’ down hit him when the stock market crashed in 1929, when he lost almost all of his money. After the market crashed, Braddock was getting worse and worse at boxing, he went from unstoppable to easily defeated. 4 years into the Great Depression, he broke his hand in a fight, while he was struggling for money; the match was called and it ended in an NC, he got his license revoked for that match. James started struggling to pay bills and get work.
She faints and starts crying. Cinderella did this when she was exhausted and upset. This is a very good example of gender roles in movies. In the first part of the movie Cinderella plans a festival by herself. In the second part she plans a festival. Last, she helps Anastasia find true love. In each of these parts, there are many “stereotypes” or “gender roles” that men and women follow being portrayed in pictures and words.
The poem “Cinderella” by Anne Sexton tells the story of Cinderella but differently then the beloved fairy tale portrayed by Walt Disney. Sexton emphases the way the Grimm Brothers told the story of Cinderella. Readers will feel a sense of hatred toward the idea of Disney’s version of the story. Sexton shows the Cinderella story in a more realistic way and explains how not everything will have a happy-ever-after.
“Cinderella” is a story that has persisted through the trial of time and remains one of the most widely known fairy tales in the world. The folktale disregards age and manages to instill a sense of fantasy in all that consume it. While “Cinderella” might look simplistic at first glance, the story’s concepts and real life lessons are all but simple. These concepts and lessons can vary in the different versions of “Cinderella”, of which there are numerous. Despite the many variations, the stories of Cinderella have the overarching plot of her exceeding expectations and realizing her dreams, something that is all too relatable to mankind and our desires.
The commonly used saying, “they lived happily ever after,” originates from early fairy tales. Fairy tales are stories that feature fanciful characters that convey a moral to teach children lessons and values that they will keep for the rest of their lives. The original story of “Cinderella” by the Grimm Brothers and the later Disney version Cinderella (1950) are both descriptions of a legendary fairy tale of a kind and gentle girl who overcomes the rancor of her stepmother and stepsisters and ultimately finds a happy ending. Although both stories have the same plot, the overall messages that they deliver are different.
The classic tale of Cinderella is well known for the fight of overcoming great obstacles despite great odds. However, there are always a few ill-hearted people who go out of their way to cease any competition that they might face, as seen with Cinderella’s step-sisters. Samuel Jackson says is his distinguished quote, “The hunger of imagination…lures us to…the phantoms of hope,” to help develop a more defined view of a fairytale. The story of Cinderella fully embodies the ideals of a true fairytale by encompassing magic, hope, and struggle between good and evil throughout the duration of the plot.
Cinderella raced home, the ringing of the clock striking midnight still sounding in her ears. She felt the last of the magic within her outfit wash away, drifting off with the brisk breeze. The only thing that stayed was the lone glass slipper, glimmering in the moonlight.