Imitation Of Life Film Analysis

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The film Imitation of life (John M. Stahl, 1934) Imitation meant to mimic the values, and tradition of a person around him/her. In this film Imitation of life it illustrates the struggles of a young woman name Peola who is trying to pretend to be someone different. Peola’s character is very deceitful because of her fair light skin, and the way she wear her dresses you would think she is white. Peola continues to pretend to be white in school because no one knows that she is of black descent. Peola enjoys going to school because she is able to pass as white and her teacher did not suspect that she is black because of her light skin. During Peola’s time there is issues of racial separation that she is not allow to go to a white school.

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