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    What you want versus family expectations are common though out most family households. In the movie ’Bend it like Beckham’ we saw the conflict between Jess and her parents on how they feel and what they want for her‚ how Jess sees the situation‚ and how it is resolved. Mr. Bhamra‚ Jess’s father is worried about Jess playing soccer in fear she will get hurt like he did when he wanted to play fastball‚ he was discriminated because of the way he looked. He wasn’t allowed to play on any of the teams

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    * Shot type: Wide Shot. * Location: The Bhamra’s house‚ Bhamra’s kitchen. * Characters: Mrs Bhamra (Jess’ mother) and Jess. * Action/mood: Jess with different vegetables and using them as a football whilst her mother tries to teach her to cook proper Indian dishes‚ but her mother notices and yells at her. * Place and purpose in the film: A while after the beginning of the film Mrs Bhamra has made Jess learn a proper Indian meal but Jess takes no interest in it what so ever. She uses

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    In the film Bend It Like Beckham‚ several characters go through both internal and external conflicts. Their minds are pulled in conflicting directions by two compelling desires‚ ambitions‚ obligations‚ and influences. In Jess’s case‚ she is conflicted with her desire to play football and her obligation to her family to follow cultural traditions (Bend It Like Beckham). She is torn between doing what makes her happy and her responsibility to her family (Bend It Like Beckham). Because of this‚ Jess

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    What you want in comparison to what your family expects form you is a common disagreement through most family households. In the movie ‘Bend it like Beckham’ we saw the conflict between jess and her parents on how they feel and what they want for her‚ how jess sees the situation and how it is resolved. Throughout Jess’s journey she is constantly pulled in what she truly wants and what here family/culture expects (internal conflict). To start off‚ Jess’s dreams are more important than here culture

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    four: compare how the parents wish the best for their children in both resources. Paragraph five: summarize that the relationship between parents and children. Parents-Children Relationship in Swimming Lesson and Bend it Like Beckham Parents-children relationship always would be a topic between different generations‚ they would have different concepts and different opinions about the same thing‚ especially when the family

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    ourselves for. We wish we could do it over and over again. In the book The Alchemist and in the film Bend it like Beckham both protagonists never give up on following their dreams when people try to stop them from looking forward‚ and pursuing their personal legends. In the novel The Alchemist‚ Paulo Coelho writes about the journey that Santiago takes to conquer his personal legend. The film Bend it like Beckham bases off the storyline of Jess’ ambition to become a soccer player despite the fact that her

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    The dual definition of citizenship from May Joseph’s article Nomadic Identities: The Performance of Citizenship‚ can be used to analyze the different forms of citizenship that are presented in the film‚ Bend it Like Beckham‚ directed by Gurinder Chadha. Citizenship is typically referred to as someone being considered a member of a country under specific laws. This general idea of citizenship is further analyzed in Nomadic Identities: The Performance of Citizenship. The article presents the idea that

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    to adjust and fit in the new world. This adjustment can have either positive or negative consequence on the self and others around. The film bend it like Beckham (BILB) effectively explores this concept as the audience can easily relate to the characters and with apparent themes that define a person going into the world. (P1) In the film bend it like Beckham Jess-minder is not comfortable‚ but dissatisfied with her life because she’s restricted by her parents that want her to be a typical Indian

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    becoming a football player. Dialogue is used to show the resistance Jess has to face as she battles against what her family traditions ask of her‚ like cooking and learning how to become the idea Indian wife‚ and the opposition that Jess has to overcome in the form of her disapproving parents Jess: "anyone can cook Aloo Gobi‚ but who can bend a ball like Beckham?" Mrs Bhamra: "What family would want a daughter-in-law who can run around kicking football all day but can’t make round chapatis?" quotes

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    language‚ clothing‚ and skin color. At the same time people are also being labeled because of their culture for the same thing. Some may believe that culture barely informs the way a person others and the world. In Gurinder Chadha’s film‚ Bend It Like Beckham‚ Jess‚ a Sikh Female‚ decides to play soccer instead of preparing herself for marriage. According to Jess she says “I’m sick of this wedding and it hasn’t even started!” Jess is sic of the wedding even tho is has not started yet because

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