Be-Ware! Be- Warned! Be-Ready! Transitions May Be Closer Than They Appear Transition and change within a person encapsulates both a progressive and undesirable result on an individual’s development. By Mariam Tohmey Be-ware! Transitions are shockingly truthful and fluctuating! Akin to this is the is the 1991 play written by Willy Russel, ‘Educating Rita’; the entertaining 2001 film ‘Legally Blonde’, direct by Robert Luketic, and the 1988 soulful song, ‘Fast Car’ composed by Tracy Chapman. Through the employment of visual and literary techniques, these texts incorporate the struggles of an individual amid worlds, and the obstacles faced as they beguile the strong to desire accomplish an identity. Be-warned! Once the transition starts it’s persevering! “I’ve been realising for years now that I was, y’ know slightly out of step....I wanna discover myself first. Do you understand that?” in Act 1 Scene 1 of Educating Rita we are introduced to the protagonist Rita who is displayed as a young woman hoping to escape her working class status. Enrolling in an Open University course as her pathway to escape she has to overcome her lack of academic knowledge which is preventing her transformation. Frank, depicted as white-collared, jaded, alcoholic, invests in Rita’s change by becoming her tutor. From their first encounter, the reader is introduced to the cultural difference amongst Rita and Frank, which is represented in their colloquialism; Rita questions “What?”, whilst
Sometimes there are experiences that can completely change a person. A person comes in one way and comes out completely different, usually in their head. This happens a lot, even way back to the early 1600’s in the tragedy-based play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, where Macbeth develops and changes as a character over the course of the play in terms of his mentality. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is motivated by the witches predictions, can not control his thoughts, and lets his emotions get in the way of what he wants. Towards the end of the play, Macbeth is motivated by his need to survive, can control his thoughts better and limits the effect emotions have on him. These are three key components that change
Her job and dialect optimize the way she grew up, and how the expectations of her upbringing limit her future, as being a working class woman she is expected to get married, have children and then become a housewife, ‘I should've had a baby by now. Everyone expects it.’ There were no further expectations for women and certainly no need for them to have an education, ‘Denny gets dead narked if I work at home’. Rita doesn’t like the housewife stereotype and decides to rebel against it by taking the pill and starting a formal education, ‘But I mean, I don't want a baby yet. No. I wanna discover meself first.’ Rita’s family refuse to see the benefits that this could give her and this leads her father to feel sorry for Denny and to feel annoyed at Rita’s lack of commitment to her family, ‘Denny, I'm sorry for you, lad. If she was a wife of mine I'd drown her.’ When Rita thinks about quitting the course to please her family, it’s her mother’s unintentional comment at the pub, ‘There must be better songs than this,’ which drives her forward in the course, ‘And I thought, ‘All I'm doing is getting an education. Just trying to learn. And I love it. It's not easy, I get it wrong half the time, I'm laughed at half the time but I love it because it makes me feel as
Transitions are changes with ours life step by step. It is very important in our life when we are babies and young children. I this very important to understand the impact of any transitions children. We have 4 types of transitions Emotional, Physical, Intellectual, Physiological every part of this four types are very important.
Throughout my live, my behavior towards change has evolved into a more mature acceptance of the inevitable. As an adolescent, I failed to contemplate the reasoning behind changes that occurred within my life. I
Development of a person throughout his or her whole lifetime can be seen either as a continuous process or as a final status to be attained. Psychologists agree
Through obstacles, people learn how to adopt or change in order to get through difficult situations. In addition, they might change in order to avoid similar future obstacles. People change not only to overcome a bad situation, but also to evolve into something greater than they were yesterday. They change in order to gain opportunities and to create a way for future generations. Furthermore, growth, is a part of the process of changing. With that being said, in order to grow and realize the significant and the unimportant aspects of live, change is inevitable. Therefore, whether we embrace it or resist it, change is unavoidable, and it is likely to be devastating if rejected. Lastly, people change based on how they are being treated, their environment, and also though influences. Change is one aspect of life that human cannot
Music is often just a medium, utilized by artists, to paint a vivid picture in the minds of the listener. As a listener, often you can be caught off guard by the artists ability to do so. In the song fast car by Tracy Chapman, the incredible singer/songwriter will do just that. She will render an image so graphic, and so dramatic, that you will swear that you were walking in the shoes of the woman she sings about in her song. The gracefully flowing melody and emotionally evolving lyrics transport you through an undeniably extraordinary journey of joy and sorrow, all within the confines of a four minute and fifty-nine second song.
Transitions are transformative for Individuals and others as they affect how people grow and learn through experiencing the pain of change. But, with courage and determination these obstacles can be surpassed and new beginnings and opportunities will soon be revealed. Being able to move on and start fresh, support, understanding and guidance are needed to be successful, and lastly, they need to have the self belief that anything can be achieved with hard work and determination. Experiences are evidence that you have been through obstacles in life and the person who you become is a result of how you handle change and be able to grow and achieve self worth and understanding. Having said this, some transitions can be challenging, difficult
Analyse how individuals in the THREE texts experience transitions into new phases of life & social contexts. Evaluate the effects of these transitions & their impact on individual & others. Transitions challenge people to concentrate on their identity of their lives today. It is an analogy that allows us to understand the transitions through time.
Transition: Involvement of education and influence are only a step in any direction, the risks involved can be pretty extreme and life altering.
Transitions are considered by the Life Course Perspective to be changes in roles and statuses that represent a distinct departure from prior roles and statuses. (page 14) They can affect a child in a myriad of ways: both positively and negatively and many center on the experience the child has in the family construct. The way that the child moves through these transitions can define their life trajectory and the choices later in life. An example of this can be seen in “The Season’s of Life” series, Trey transitioned into a new
Educating Rita is the tale of one working class women 's struggle to find an escape to a boring, repetitive life and to find new things to conquer. To acheive this she begins university on a literature course despite the discouragement from family and baby-obsessed husband Denny. The play features only two characters, Rita and Frank. Frank- a middle class, well-educated, eloquent professor and Rita, an abrupt, crude excuse for a lady with no regard for or more precise, no knowing of social nouce. Throughout the play Rita 's character must reach two social extremities before she can learn to be true to herself. Arriving in Frank 's office loud and sarcastic
Educating Rita tells a story of a 26-year-old married hairdresser, Rita, who decided to get education by taking a course in English literature from the Open University. Through the development of the relationship between Rita and her alcoholic and cynical tutor, Frank, this story brings up many concepts in adult development and education. After watching the movie, I have a further understanding of the concepts of changes, motivation to learn, freedom, and stability.
As one grows up they may learn that moving can bring a better life, new friends can be more rewarding than the last, or that big changes are essential to proper development and progression. An obvious example of maturation is when one releases that they cannot rewrite their beginning, but they can in fact change
After going to Summer School Rita herself has changed because before summer school she was just a normal student going to Frank to learn and she felt too ashamed to be outspoken. Now that she has returned she has learnt that she needs to be more confident in herself and she now trusts herself more. Rita feels now that she has been educated and is now able to relate and have meaningful conversations with people. '