Little Miss Sunshine: Dysfunctional American Family

The Hoover family of 6 travel in a yellow Volkswagen bus to California for their youngest daughter to compete in the Little Miss Sunshine pageant which is her dream. There is a husband, his wife, his daughter, his son, his brother in law, and his own father who are all traveling with each other for 2 days. Each family member in the movie is trying to accomplish some dream throughout the film. Olive the daughter is trying to win the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. The father is trying to becoming a motivational speaker. The wife is trying to reunite her family together as one. The son is attempting to take vow of silence and become an airforce pilot. The uncle is attempting to live a better

In ‘Little Miss sunshine’, Hoover’s family is introduced as dysfunctional, however, they eventually re-unite and bond with one another. Before the new relationship, the dysfunctional family is illustrated in the scene where Hoover’s family is arguing in the car. The use of eye level shot allows the audience to see each character’s facial expressions and actions. Another example of this idea is communicated through the use of symbolism. In the film, the family have numerous problems with the van such as broken gear and horn, which represent how the family is falling apart. However, through the strength of the human spirit in each character, the family achieves to have a strong bond with one another. This is revealed in the scene where the family is on stage with Olive at the beauty pageant to help her out. Funky and high-spirited music is applied to display their emotions of being happy and joyful. During the physical journey, there are emotional and physical obstacles that the family overcome which demonstrates how resilience is an important factor in the bonding of the

New norms of what is perceived as a family are emerging, according to Kaakinen, each distinct, with its own set of characteristics defining a healthy family (Kaakinen, Coehlo, Steele, Tabacco, & Hanson, 2015, pg. 37). Based on current demographic indicators, nursing must adapt to these evolving changes, to effectively identify real and potential risks affecting both the health and safety of the family unit.

This work is meant to study The Family Stone film. The study begins by giving a brief overview of the movie. This constitutes the plot, characters and major themes. The framework and communicative models of the Stone Family are discussed based on many theoretical concepts. The concepts include family development hypothesis; natural systems, relational development and stressor events. The family’s capability of re-adjusting to changes is seen in developmental process through recovery models (Virginia, 2004). Such models are helpful in crisis such as drug addiction. This includes the reaction of family members towards stress.

Marriage and Family Therapists (MFT) in training are tasked with helping a family work through conflict and arrive and more intimate and interdependent relationships, which can seem daunting or maybe even terrifying. However, the interaction patterns that show up in families can find some context and clarity for a therapist who knows systems theory. Systems theory suggests that individuals cannot be understood in isolation from their family context because families create relational processes and generate a “sequence of interactions” and behaviors in order to maintain dynamic stability of the self-regulating family system (Nichols, 2013, pp. 58-59). How does this general systems theory help an MFT guide a family in therapy? In this paper I will take three systems theory principles and apply them to a movie in order to demonstrate how it provides a language and context for MFTs, thus making it an essential tool in family therapy.

What is family in your opinion? Family can be a source of support, compassion, optimism, love and happiness, but family can also be a cause of depression, betrayal, hurt and pain. Family is not always determined based on having the same DNA but it is the relationships that people can make or have with one another. Family can consist of several different people like, friends, co-workers, classmates, a community, etc... Some family members can be your worst enemies because they have the most information of secrets to bring a relative down. Being able to trust a person, depend on them, and be carefree is a person that can be valued as being a part of a family. In the movie Little Miss Sunshine, their dysfunctional family is loving, supportive, optimistic and motivating. The movie is filled with humor about a modern middle-class family that is about to encounter a financial catastrophe but in the midst of their struggles they still find the beauty in life and the meaning in life. The beginning of the movie Richard, the father is giving a motivational speech about winning, he states “There are two types of people in this world, winners and losers”.(Little Miss Sunshine) Richard is a protagonist motivational speaker that is obsessed with winning. He is so consumed with achieving that he ridicules his family for not being perfect throughout the film. Richard trying to build up the ideal life or what he thinks is the ‘American Dream’ around himself. He chooses to ignore aspects of the life around him that he sees as unacceptable or out of sync with his ideal lifestyle, trying instead to fulfil his role as the authorative head of the family and provider. Sheryl is the mother who is optimist, she is always giving words of encouragement even when Richard is trying to bring down his family and she is all about being truly honest. Frank is the brother of Sheryl whom at the beginning attempts to commit suicide due to a broken heart and losing his standing as Americas pre-eminent Proust Scholar. Dwayne is the son of Richard and Sheryl and is committed to joining the air force. He also is very committed that he takes a vow of silence until he gets into the air force, but then he finds out he is color blind and breaks his

family has a different mind in place. The characters are a specific role and it turns out that they are all different. I like this story because in the end the outcome is not how it was imagined to end. The story its self is really informative about the family and there differences. Everyday Use is a story that involves love, friendship, and relationship because it has more character into the movie.

In the film, Little Miss Sunshine you will find actors like Steve Carell, Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear and Abigail Breslin. This cast includes some very notable actors for their comedy and prowess for being unique. The family in this film has some strange quirks by my account seem quite normal compared to some, this will become clearer as this goes on. The purpose of this paper is to analyze this fictional family and show how they relate to concepts used with communication processes within a family. The next paragraphs will go in depth of concepts like: family systems, adaptability and flexibility, conflict management, and decision making processes.

Our movie family is a great example for using a structural treatment approach. We chose this model because we wanted to look at the family's relationships, patterns, and behaviors. This therapy approach also focuses on subsystems within the family structure, such as parental or sibling subsystems. We felt that the parents and the twins would be perfect for our different subsystems. One assumption that we have discovered about the family in this movie is they do not have very good communication.

There are a lot of current problems that the family experiences. These problems include integrating Frank into the families routine, getting Olive to California, getting the van fixed after it has broken, grandpa passing away, Richard trying to sell his business, Richard failing at his business, Dwayne heartbreakingly realizing he can’t fulfill his dream, getting Olive into the pageant and not letting her be disappointed in herself at the end of the pageant. The family needs help because there are a lot of extra stresses that are unexpected, which would be hard for any family to handle. I think with a little coaxing, all family members would be motivated to assist with resolutions. I think Richard and Dwayne would be

Family is portrayed in A Raisin in the Sun as an incredibly discrete unit that must project a certain image in the world. Within the family, relatives may quarrel, nag, and insult each other, but w...

Overall the show represents how through all the difficulties the individuals have faced at the end of the day their family has always got their back. Even though they make bad decisions, from time to time, it is a good idea for us to discuss and learn what we should do and vice-versa. We realised that the positive family values and influences were praiseworthy. Everybody has a guilty pleasure, whether you worship them or loathe them, we cannot doubt that they are ridiculously entertaining. All in all, it's a nonsensical show with uplifting role models and talented young

Each of the family members also faces their own individual problems as a result of the bigger problems. Gilbert, for example, is the quote-unquote head of the family since his father's death and brother running away, This causes many problems for him that the movie doesn't directly discuss. Not only is he forced to grow up and assume responsibilities but

They are silly, self-assimilated, and vindictive and essentially any pessimistic quality you can think a man is fit for having without imploding. They look for and wreck and act with no idea to outcome. Furthermore, I think that its intriguing that Emily Bronte picked them to be her focal heroes. We should appreciate the story itself, the association between these families and what happens. This book contains a solid and over the top, possessive, resolute yet enthusiastic sentiment. The association between the principle characters is special in its own specific manner not as a matter of course great but rather one of a kind, solid. Their division prompted wildness, self-centeredness, distrustfulness and makes them feel lost; makes them destruct and gradually execute themselves and everybody around them. This book demonstrates authenticity. This is an emotional and dismal book yet astonishing still. Like I said some time recently, it must be perused with some sort of state of mind and we must have the capacity to center in the peculiarity and one of a kind words covered up in each line. I like that the creator recounted to us this story through the maid, Nelly Dean's account, who is a witness of this stormy story. Her story is captivating. Additionally, the space of the plot is suitable and

When we think of an all-American family, what do we think of? To me, an all-American family consists of a mother, a father, and two children, one boy and one girl. Unfortunately, today this is not the norm. We have become a society that is full of broken families. Whether good or bad, this has become a commonality for families in the United States.