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Bend it Like Beckham and The Notebook are two relationship films that express passion, love and struggle through the main characters. From a viewer’s perspective both movies have a lot to offer when it comes to being engaged. Though the two films are compelling in similar ways, like in commitment, the films hold more differences than the you realize. For example, the culture and era of the movies contrast, and will be further explained through the essay. Firstly, commitment in both films are

Guillen, Glazy Via Mae J. World Lit PT2-1 Mr. Angeles Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel Thesis Statement: Laura Esquivel showed in her novel, Like Water for Chocolate, how a daughter helplessly follow the decisions of her mother despite of her having different perspective in life and how the she cope up with this problem. In the story, Like Water for Chocolate, it is showed how Tita Dela Garza craved for affection. The desire of having someone who will love her, which she never felt

“Bend It Like Beckham”. To give a rundown on the plot of the movie, there is a girl named Jess Bhamra, who is an Indian living in England. She is a very talented soccer player, but her parents will not permit her to play. One day, she meets a girl named Jules Paxton, who persuades Jess to play soccer. Throughout her time on the team, Jess has to make sure that her parents do not discover that she is playing professional soccer and that she has a growing crush for her coach, (Chadha, "Bend it like Beckham")

Gurinder Chadha, the director of Bend It Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice, invisions similar ideas in both films. This can be seen throughout both movies by the way the protagonists gets told what to do by their mothers due to their gender. Another concept that has been used in both films is the difference in cultures between Indians and Americans. Gurinder Chadha shows this by putting the two cultures next to each other so we can see the differences and similarities between them. Culture clash

of social and personal experiences a person endures during the courses of their life. So, therefore, the key factors influencing the environment around a person can ultimately change who they are. This idea is exhibited throughout the film Bend it like Beckham by Gurinder Chadha and James Moloney's A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove. Both these stories, play an important role in displaying how a person's place can impact who they become which ultimately changes their relationship with friends and family

Like Water for Chocolate One of the reoccurring symbols I found throughout the novel was the idea and the action of crying. It was said that Tita came into the world prematurely in a great wave of tears caused by Tita crying in the womb due to the chopping of onions, and that shaped her life and the way she expresses herself. I think its accurate enough to say that crying was Tita’s primary form of expression throughout the novel. From what I gathered while reading, the only person who ever really

Brutal abuse, the true love that cannot come into fruition, and not allowed to think for oneself a normal or un-strong person would have crumbled under these situations. In the book Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel takes us on a roller coaster of emotions beautifully inscribed by the many themes in this book. Theme is defined as the “main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work.” Throughout the book we are encountered with examples of violence or abuse that leads to the strengthening

Belonging isn’t easy as life throws many barriers which questions if you belong or not belong. In the film “Bend it like Beckham” Jassminder (also known as jess), the main character who is from an Indian family has to face many difficulties related to her culture which question if she belong to the culture or not. For example: during the scene where jess’s mother finds out that she played football, first her mother was concerned about jess playing football with the boys but after jess tells

6.5.2. Diamond-Like Carbon Diamond-like carbon (DLC), exhibits a number of properties similar to diamond. DLC is a family of amorphous carbon materials, existing in seven different forms that contain sp2 and sp3 hybridised carbon atoms. Sp2 refers to the graphite bonding structure, whilst sp3 refers to a diamond bonding structure. Graphite and diamond have very similar structures, but the bonding type differentiates them. By altering the ratio of sp2 to sp3 bonding and hydrogen content, different

Like Water for Chocolate tells the story of a girl name Tita, the youngest in a family that lives in Mexico. Tita, the protagonist, strives for love, freedom, and individuality. Tita's love, Pedro Muzquiz, comes to the family's ranch to ask for Tita's hand in marriage. But, her mother Mama Elena , the chief antagonist , doesn’t let her fulfill her these goals because of their family traditions. T Each chapter is labeled a month and we see in each month that Tita struggle to purse true love and