Bend it Like Beckham Essay
Bend It Like Beckham Essay
KaTsun Tsang
Gurinder Chadha has used dialogue to show the difference posed by opposing cultures. And most particular, Jesminder Bhamra (or ‘Jess’ as she is commonly known), is made to overcome the complications of wanting to both appease her traditional Sikh family, and her constant internal struggle as she tries to achieve her goal of becoming a football player, like her idol David Beckham. Gurinder Chadha’s dialogue is used to show the resistance Jess has to face, as she battles against what her family’s tradition asks of her, like cooking and learning how to become the ideal Indian wife, and the opposition that Jess has to overcome in the form of her disapproving parents.
“Anyone can cook aloo gobi, but who can bend a ball like Beckham?” “What family would want a daughter-in-law who can run around kicking football all day but can't make round chapatis?” Those are quotes between Jess and her mother, Mrs. Bhamra. They show the contrast between each other’s opinion. Jess’s mother’s opinion is that Jess will submit to her wishes and learn to cook conventional Indian food as traditional Indian wife. But Jess, however, is determined to follow her talents and continuing on football. Gurinder Chadha has made this dialogue important, as she reveals the conflict that modern day teenagers often face with their own parents. It shows that even though parents only want what they believe to be the best for their children, they should sometimes let them just follow their dreams.
Jess’s father is also a very traditional Indian man because of his past of not being able to play on the cricket team once he got to Europe because of his turban. He has a past that he would really like to forget because he thinks he failed and doesn’t want his children to do the same. For a long period of time in his life he has been hiding the shame if he allowed his children to be able to do things against the traditional Indian culture, which in Jess’s
KaTsun Tsang
Gurinder Chadha has used dialogue to show the difference posed by opposing cultures. And most particular, Jesminder Bhamra (or ‘Jess’ as she is commonly known), is made to overcome the complications of wanting to both appease her traditional Sikh family, and her constant internal struggle as she tries to achieve her goal of becoming a football player, like her idol David Beckham. Gurinder Chadha’s dialogue is used to show the resistance Jess has to face, as she battles against what her family’s tradition asks of her, like cooking and learning how to become the ideal Indian wife, and the opposition that Jess has to overcome in the form of her disapproving parents.
“Anyone can cook aloo gobi, but who can bend a ball like Beckham?” “What family would want a daughter-in-law who can run around kicking football all day but can't make round chapatis?” Those are quotes between Jess and her mother, Mrs. Bhamra. They show the contrast between each other’s opinion. Jess’s mother’s opinion is that Jess will submit to her wishes and learn to cook conventional Indian food as traditional Indian wife. But Jess, however, is determined to follow her talents and continuing on football. Gurinder Chadha has made this dialogue important, as she reveals the conflict that modern day teenagers often face with their own parents. It shows that even though parents only want what they believe to be the best for their children, they should sometimes let them just follow their dreams.
Jess’s father is also a very traditional Indian man because of his past of not being able to play on the cricket team once he got to Europe because of his turban. He has a past that he would really like to forget because he thinks he failed and doesn’t want his children to do the same. For a long period of time in his life he has been hiding the shame if he allowed his children to be able to do things against the traditional Indian culture, which in Jess’s