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    Love Hilliard Multicultural Literature and Film 30 September 2016 Creative Title Out of the four families in this movie called "what's cooking?" the Nguyen family had it the toughest, there son Gary was suspended found to have possessed a gun, there daughter jenny was in possession of condoms and was dating a guy without their permission, there oldest son JImmy who did not come home to visit for thanksgiving but went with his lover to another family and lying to them saying he was gonna be at

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    the locations of the Lord family mansion at the beginning of the film, I observe that there has a yard in front of the Lord family mansion. Different kinds of flowers and trees are planted in the yard. Besides, on the right side of the Lord family mansion, there has a lake or sea. Undoubtedly, the location of the Lord family mansion is very good. Based on the location and the look of the mansion, I believe the family, which owns this mansion, is a wealthy family. In the film, I see that there are many

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    1. When I first saw the locations of the Lord family mansion at the beginning of the film, I observed the yard that located in the front of the Lord family mansion, where different breeds of flowers and trees were planted. Beside the mansion, there was also a full size and clean swimming pool. Furthermore, at the beginning of the movie, I observed while Katharine was talking to her mother about the second wedding, there were several maid and butler working on food and declaration in the background

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    tolerates her husband's behavior even though she knows that he could potentially harm their entire family. She knows that her husband’s addiction is getting out of hand but she does not leave the relationship and disregards what her sister has to say about it. Often time’s people who are experiencing domestic abuse are afraid to speak out because they are afraid of what their partner might do to them. In the film, Soft is the Heart of a Child, Tom pushes Barb in the midst of his anger and rage but she does

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    During the film, Ordinary people, the Jarrett family goes through a terrible and sudden loss of their son and brother. The movie describes the psychological effect that the loss has on each remaining family member. It displays a picture of depression, and possible post-traumatic stress disorder in a teenager’s life, in the context of a family that cannot communicate properly. This family suffers through many arguments and problems that could have been prevented by using Conflict Management. Conflict

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    In the 1980 film Ordinary People, the Jarrett family try to live their lives after the loss of the eldest son, Buck. The entire film could be seen as one big crucial conversation in which each main character is in a fragile state of mind and resort to “silence or violence” when communicating. The youngest son, Conrad, is fresh out of the hospital after a suicide attempt and trying to cope with his brother’s death as well as his own guilt. Mrs. Beth Jarrett is not able to let go of Buck, as he was

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    Family Systems is that every contributing factor is taken into account because we cannot understand any part of the system without looking at the whole picture (Allen&Henderson, pg. 103). In the movie Ordinary People, a tragic event happened that caused the family to lose their son, Buck, to a boating accident. Because of this accident, it put a strain on their family system because of the lack of communication that occurred between Beth, Calvin, and Conrad. On the other hand, a double bind occurs

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    The Jarrett family in the film Ordinary People is grieving over the loss of Buck, the eldest son, from a boating accident; every person in the family has their own way of coping, creating a dysfunctional household and unhealthy communication. Using methods of conflict management, like restoring needs that seem to have been lost with the loss of Buck, the family could’ve connected with each other and restored all the love and belonging needs, and reinsure safety. Beth, the mother, expresses extreme

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    feelings towards his family? Not having a relationship with his father, and his mother and his sister passing away. Has made Mark Everett feeling disconnected, emotionally numb, and feeling alone towards his family. Watching the film “Parallel Worlds, Parallel Live’s” Mark Everett tries to understand his father Hugh Everett famous theory of Quantum Physics. And also figure out why his father was so distance with him, and collect information about his father. During the film Mark talks about his

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    is a 1991 American comedy film with the participation of famous casts: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams and George Newbern. George Banks (Steve Martin) is a successful businessman. He owned a shoe company called Side Kicks. He has a 22-year-old beautiful daughter, Annie (Kimberly Williams). She recently graduated from college and returns home from Europe. He was very happy to see his daughter again. But the joy did not last long, Annie informed her family that she is engaged to Bryan

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