Extended Family Movie Analysis

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According to the film, what does family mean? What role does an extended family play? When Dadi was talking about family she meant the male lineage with all their wives and children living as one economic unit with everyone’s income managed by the oldest couple. The extended family plays a huge role in their lives. When the son(s) in the family get married they and their wives go and live with his mother. The mother in law treats her daughter(s) in law like her own daughter(s). Dadi is the mother in law and she is the manager of the household. The household includes her husband, adult sons, daughters in law, and children. In their family everyone has to work together. The mother and father in law make decisions for the whole family. The family …show more content…

Dadi and dada sent all of their children to school. It is believed that an educated daughter will get a better husband and an educated son can contribute both his salary and his city connections to benefit the family. The older women said that education ruins a girl but getting an education is starting to become widely encouraged and accepted. The benefits of schooling is that the family pays for it. The disadvantage would be only completing school in hopes of finding a better significant other. Additionally, some of the families want the kids to get an education in order to improve their lives. The parents want their kids to be educated so that they can find good jobs away from the …show more content…

As a result, it’s important to show modesty and respect especially in front of men older than her husband. Weddings are family events and they cement all relationships in the family. Two types of marriages that are mentioned were child marriages and arranged marriages. They are different because with child marriage a minor is getting married to someone much older than they are and with an arranged marriage the couple had no choice in whether or not they wanted to be married to each other. Moreover, it was stated in the video that women can be married off anywhere to

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