Xavier from the movie, “Spanish apartment” or “L'Auberge Espagnole” has the experience of a lifetime when he travels to Barcelona, Spain for one year to study economics. In the beginning of the movie you can see he is a bit unsure of his decision and he is saddened that he must leave his girlfriend behind. His girlfriend, Martine, is also not very supportive of his decision to leave. When he first arrives in Barcelona, he takes things very seriously, specifically school, and doesn’t go out or have too much fun. He wasn’t experiencing the real Barcelona for all that it is, he was only experiencing bits and pieces of it during the day while he was out. His whole world then changes once him and his roommates start getting to know each other better. …show more content…
Xavier and his roommates begin to go out more together and enjoy partying with one another in the city, they begin to learn about each other’s cultural norms and how the attitudes toward different things differ based on where they are from. This broadens Xavier’s horizons immensely, and he learns to not take life so seriously, he begins to learn how to, “go with the flow.” After a few months his girlfriend comes to visit him which becomes a eye opener when he realizes she may not be the one for him. He thought she was the love of his life, but he soon sees she does not support him or the decisions he makes and their relationship probably will not work out. After this he begins to cheat on his girlfriend with Anne-Sophie who he stayed with during the beginning of his trip. This changes him in a way that he became more assertive, he forgets about his own morals and becomes reckless in a sense. His girlfriend broke up with him not too much later and this destroys him for a while and he becomes very depressed and even starts having
The determinants of Social Exclusion, Social Support and Stress were all impacted within the movie. All posing mostly negative risk factors to his life.
Sociology is the scientific study of social structure, social structure influences through culture and principles, together it produces each individual to the way they act, live and think. Due to social influences, many of our morals and values are influenced through media, parents and school. Social structure is important in our society because it affects all dimensions of human experience, it is a pattern of social interaction and over all makes us who we are. The sociological term for social structure describes society as a whole and the action in which determines individuals. The three main structures that have shaped up my social structure and impacted my life are, my ethnicity, income and religion. Being a Hispanic American Latina forever would have a impact in my life because our culture diversity and the advantage and disadvantages it is to come from a family who had to establish each of their lives all over again by moving to the United States has driven my priorities to become successful very high and not become part of statistics of staying in the middle class or in poverty.
In the Late nineteenth century the population was growing at a rapid pace. The country had people flooding the biggest cities in the country such as New York City and Chicago. These populations were gaining more and more people every single year and the country has to do something to make places for these people to live. The government would go on to create urban housing programs. These programs were created to make homes for these people to live in. At the time it provided a place for people to live but as the populations grew it became a more cramped and rundown area because of the large populations in one place. These reforms eventually led to these areas becoming dangerous, they were rundown, and it created a hole that was difficult for people to get out of.
...his life so that he was not as lonely, while realizing that things need to change.
...ression and guilt self-blaming, suicidal attempt, including the effects of his mother’s emotional unavailability, his resentment that his mother loved his father and brother more.
For example, his wife cheating on him was by far one of the biggest impacts. Pat was always living a bipolar lifestyle, but he just self managed his condition, keeping his symptoms to a minimum. This incident escalated his condition, which pushed him to his breaking point. Another thing that could have affected the development of his mental illness was by him not taking his medication. Yes, there are some pretty bad side effects of most medications, but this was physician subscribed and he refused to take it. The medication could have subsided or in terms lessened the severity of his condition. Towards the end of the movie, we see Pat finally giving in to take his medication after many violent outbursts. One last thing that I feel could have escalated his condition was his father. In Pat’s family, he was always seen as the outcast and was not treated the same as others. His father says in the movie that he regrets not spending as much time with him as a kid and that he was trying to make up for it now. His father did not know how to handle Pat’s violent mood swings as a child and that itself lead to them having an unhealthy father-son relationship. One thing that I have learned throughout this chapter is how important family is in helping a person with a mental illness with guiding them through their process of recovery. There are many factors that can drive and worsen a mental disorder, but there
...o do, but being what he has been through I believe will increase his success in life because he has been through more than any of his other friends have. He ends up I believe in an early genital stage even know he might not be old enough if Freud’s view to be there, he can look after himself and has the key to happiness which is the ability to love and be loved.
An example of this is when Jing-Mei is so exhausted from the nightly testing that when she looks in the mirror she sees herself as a “sad, ugly girl”. At this juncture in the story the daughter first expresses her feelings of defeat and gives up. The mother however, continues to search for the talent that will make her daughter famous and successful. The talent show is the turning point when the mother’s character changes. She is withdrawn and quiet for a couple of days while she inwardly sorts out the disappointment she feels in her daughter. The daughter’s resentment continues to fester and is manifested in a heated argument of which results in the daughter saying some hurtful things to her mother. This event changes the mother’s character drastically in that she basically gives up on her daughter. Years later, on the daughter’s thirtieth birthday, the mother’s character develops to the point that she is able to forgive her daughter and gives her the piano. The gift represents forgiveness and acceptance by her mother for just being who she is. The mother’s belief that her daughter had great potential was unwavering even after years of watching her daughter settle for
Spanish is one of the most popular languages in the world, and that is why I joined the Spanish club when I was in high school. Baseball manager, Dusty Baker, says “Study Spanish now and you will see how beneficial it was going to be later in your life”. I completely agree with him because joining the Spanish club in high school helped me become a perfect person for society. The Spanish club revealed a lot about me as an individual, and how my behavior changed over time. In order to be accepted into a Spanish club, I must fully learn its rule, its unique language, and the way members interact or communicate with one another. In this paper, I will prove that I learned Spanish by using logos, pathos and ethos appeals to master crucial knowledge of Spanish, to comprehend the lingo of other members of a community, and to establish credibility. To me obtaining logos, pathos, and ethos appeals are crucial because they will be the
Her detrimental relationship with her mother turned into a psychosomatic disease, which later affected her life and the people in it.... ... middle of paper ... ... 12 Nov. 2013. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid=8255d75b-58ea-4383-be87-4f5601606c51%40sessionmgr13&vid=1&hid=26&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=lfh&AN=17088173>.
Being on the road all the time gave him fewer opportunities to better himself (Social Structure Theory). No education lead to risk behaviors and illegal acts to get ahold of what he needed to survive (Strain Theory). He started to grow anger towards the two neighbors that raped him and sent people to kill them. After sending people to kill them, he realized he had lost control over his fantasies. He would get aroused feeling he was in control and knew he was in charge now and not his dad or the two neighbors (Arousal Theory).
...ch as his last break up; that events such as divorces are threatening, therefore, causing him to be more vulnerable to stress in everyday life events.
Compare and contrast the ways in which housing inequalities are discussed from the perspectives of social policy and criminology, and economics (TMA 02)
frustration and not getting what he wants in life. Going in circles or cycles of trying to get out of
He was involved, and consumed for so long, that after being released, he realizes he has been left in the past and is unsure of who he