Movie Analysis: Akeelah And The Bee

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In the movie “Akeelah and the Bee”, Akeelah challenges herself through entering a spelling contest to win the nationals. Over thousands or of words in the dictionary, she memorizes them with the help of Mr. George, her family, and friends. From what I ponder, I think the reason why we watched this movie was to encourage students to work hard on something they vehemently want to do. The tale of the movie displays a character who puts her time and effort to study difficult vocabularies, in order to attain her goal of winning the nationals in Washington. Therefore, through watching the movie, students can relatively connect to the situation in achieving their goals. On the other hand, the point of this movie was to exhibit an example of what

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