Character Analysis Of Little Miss Sunshine

In literature an archetype is used as a character, image or theme that exemplifies a universal meaning or a simple human experience. For this occasion the archetype is referring to a journey. The conventional stages of the archetypal journey are departure, initiation, testing one’s ability, descending into the underworld, and then returning and reintegrating with society. One example of the archetypal journey is in the novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. In the novel the Bundren family undertakes a quest from their home in Yoknapatawpha County to Jefferson in pursuance of burying their mother/ wife, Addie. Along the way this family endures numerous hurdles that they must overcome. Their journey resembles that of an archetypal journey with a departure, journey and arrival. Along with the novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, the film Little Miss Sunshine shares the same archetypal pattern. The film Little Miss Sunshine is an effective contemporary interpretation of an archetypal journey because of its events, characters and symbols that are similar to those in the novel As I Lay Dying.

John Hughes's The Breakfast Club is one of film history’s most iconic and renowned movies and is a cornerstone of 1980’s pop-culture. The Breakfast Club showcases five unique high school students who all unfortunately find themselves imprisoned in an all-day Saturday detention. The students go as following: Claire (a pretty girl), Brian (the nerd), John (the bad boy), Andrew (an athlete), and Allison (the strange, goth girl). These students come from very different backgrounds and social settings which proves to spark many conflicts between them as well as with their supervisor Mr. Vernon. But through this conflict they find similarities between themselves, and after spending nine hours locked up together, they find resolution within themselves and with their new friends. Psychology can explain why this happened as well as what caused other events to occur. This paper will examine four different psychological phenomena: stereotypes, conformity/normative social influence, ingroup versus outgroup/superordinate goals, and the various causes of attraction.

Counting by 7s’ main character is Willow Chance, a little girl who has lost two sets of parents in her short life – she never knew her blood parents and her adoptive ones die in a terrible accident. She is all alone in the world apart from Dell, a school counsellor whose therapy methods are completely unprofessional; and from a couple of new friends she has met recently. Those friends are the siblings Mai and Quang-ha (who is also seeing Dell for his disruptive behaviour) who end up convincing their mother Pattie to take care of Willow temporarily.

She tells her parents about how he would not awake up. When the family is at the hospital Olive still does not get it and comforts her mother like the “wonderful listener” she is (Schmidt 90). Olive is the only person in that family who has the ability to cheer up her Mother because her brother cannot talk her Uncle is depressed and is going through problems with the Dad. The whole family is affected, but pull it together for her. Her brother also knows this and asks Olive on a notepad to hug the Mother instead of him. It is also because of Olive that the family decides to steal the Grandpa body and bury him in California to get to the pageant. The family is motivated to leave for Olive and without her they would of had stayed in the

For The first time in all these years that I have lived here I finally saw snow in Maycomb. We all experiences our first winter of Maycomb since 1885. Sitting in my rocking chair in front of my front window I watch as Jem and Scout take snow from my yard to their own yard.Since there wasn’t a lot of snow it looked like they built a small figure out of snow with snow covering it. Seems as though they made it look like Mr. Avery, who is an unpleasant man who lives down the street. It seems as though Atticus doesn’t like that they made it look like Mr. Avery so he told them to disguise it. So, jem takes my sunhat and puts it on it’s head and sticks her hedge clippers in it hands, much to their dislike.

“Little Miss Sunshine” is a film complete with dark comedy and many memorable moments. Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris “Little Miss Sunshine” is about changing for the better and reconnecting as a family. This film is focused upon a dysfunctional family of six. Seven-Year-Old Olive Hoover becomes eligible for a trip to California so that she can compete in the upcoming “Little Miss Sunshine” Beauty Pageant. At the beginning of the film we can see that the family is drifting apart.

Other female characters in Rear Window express their agony and tribulations quite submissively. Miss Lonelyhearts (Judith Evelyn) exploit upon young men and tries to entrap them into romantic bonds for which they are unwilling till the film’s end. The young newlywed (Havis Davenport) begs her strappings young husband (Rand Harper) requires ceaseless sexual attention. The other neighbour across Jeff’s apartment (Sara Berner) who shrieks at the entire population of the apartment complex when she finds her dog dead, demands social approval, concern and care from modern busy culture which is unlikely to receive. Ann Thorwald is another woman who demands our attention. As part of redomestication of many women and redeployment of war veterans

Atticus likes Jem a lot. For this reason, Atticus had never beaten Jem. But if Atticus gets to know that Jem was the “white nigger” that sneaked into Radley’s house, Jem might get beaten up. Jem is trying to take the pants for his dad to still love him. Jem do not want his dad to be unhappy about his actions. Furthermore, in chapter 4, Atticus gave Jem a final warning not to disturb Radley. Atticus will be super mad at Jem for not listening to his final warning. Thus, Jem was trying to make his father feel proud about him and not to beat him up.

Little Miss Sunshine is the story of a little girl named Olive who has a dream of winning the Little Miss Sunshine beauty contest. Olive comes from a family that is full of problems. Her father (Richard Hoover) is a motivational speaker who is desperately trying to sell his 9-step program for success, her brother (Dwayne) has taken a vow of silence to join the Air Force Academy, her uncle (Frank Ginsberg) is a homosexual Proust scholar who attempted suicide after a failed attempt at a relationship with the love of his life, and her grandfather (Edwin Hoover) who is a drug addict who was kicked out of his retirement home for snorting heroin. Through all the problems the family faces they come together to help Olive reach her dream of winning the Little Miss Sunshine beauty contest. The family travels 800 miles in 2 days on the quest to reach Olives dream on a road trip full of its up and downs. Olive competes in the contest by dancing to the song “Super Freak” in a performance that shocks and horrifies the audience and judges. The family then finds itself in custody of the police who offer to release them with the condition that Olive never competes in a beauty contest in the state of California again. They then find themselves traveling back to Albuquerque on an adventure that has strengthened their bond and brought them closer together.

Little Miss Sunshine (2006), co-directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, follows a dysfunctional family on their journey to get their 7 year old daughter to the finals of a beauty pageant across the country in their VW bus. The film was nominated for 107 awards including the Academy Award for best picture and the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Motion Picture, and won 68 awards including the Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Original Screenplay. This middle class family from Albuquerque, New Mexico consists of Olive (Abigail Breslin)- an awkward little girl with high hopes of being a pageant queen, Richard (Greg Kinnear)- a motivational speaker failing in life, Sheryl (Toni Collette)- a mother of two who is

As children, our eyes are new, unaware of the terrible things that go on in the world. We

Each teenager in the breakfast club has a social group that they belong to. Brian is involved in many different stereotypes that belong to the school, One of the kids in detention with him associates him with being a nerdy innocent kid who has a balanced family who treats him like a baby. It was also assumed that he was nerdy because he said that he would write everyone's essay. Brian also deals with peer pressure. He had to deal with peer pressure when he decided to take part in smoking marijuana with the rest of the group.

Many people, especially children, judge others too quickly by their looks, gender, race, etc. . But they should soon learn that you have to know them well in order to fairly judge them. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee demonstrates the idea that one can not judge another until one has walked around in one's shoes, therefore resulting in the knowledge and understanding of others. Mrs. Dubose, Boo Radley and the black community are three examples of how Atticus’s lesson, “don’t judge someone until you walk around in their shoes,” is true.

Everyone has their own problems and everyone tries to avoid some of them, but just how far would you be willing to go to avoid these problems and would you place your problems on others for your own sake? The people in Maycomb, Alabama often find themselves placing their troubles on one man so that they can all live with the stereotypes they’ve created. They could fix these problems, but would rather let others make the tough decisions for them. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird ,Harper Lee shows how people would rather place all of their troubles on one person or avoid them rather than deal with them themselves. Atticus is courageous and heroic for taking on problems that no one else will, even when he might not want to.

Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird takes place during the Great Depression, which is about 50 years after slavery had officially ended. However, the town of Maycomb County was immensely segregated and prejudiced. As a result, many of the residents assume the characteristics of other residents through town gossip and rumors. Throughout the novel, many of the people’s opinions and ideas are greatly influenced by others because having a strong opinion on controversial issues in the town could lead to cruel consequences. The fear of being judged and rejected from society causes many of Maycomb County’s people to conceal the truth about the false gossip which leads to others misinterpreting and believing the gossip. Miss Maudie Atkinson, a young widow, is one of the few characters that displays her own individuality and protests against what she does not believe to be true. Miss Maudie's positive trait of bravery makes her an asset to the Maycomb community because through her individuality, she becomes a role model for individuals such as Scout Finch.