The Other Sister Sparknotes

Summary A movie, “The Other Sister,” is about two mentally challenged people name Carla Tate and Daniel. Carla Tate, a 24-year old woman, return to San Francisco from a sheltered boarding school after long years. After rejoining with her overprotective mother Elizabeth, a gentle and thoughtful father Radley, and two young and older sisters, Carla announces that she wants to attend a local school called Bay Area Polytech, a normal vocational school. Nevertheless of her mother Elizabeth’s disapproval, Radley supports her to pursue her dream. On the first day, Carla meets a boy named Danny and helps him when someone calls him “retarded.” They both get close to each other and fall in love quickly. Carla envied Danny for living on his own, so

During the Christmas party with Carla’s family and Danny, he drinks a lot to be brave enough to show his love to Carla. When he talks about their first sexual experience up on the stage in the party, Carla breaks down to tears and starts screaming at everyone to stop laughing. Even though Danny does not intend to embarrass Carla, she refuses to see her and Danny runs away. On the wedding day of Carla’s engaged older sister, Caroline, Danny surprises Carla at the church and asks Carla to marry

He kept saying that he is dumb when he failed the only class he was taking and stuttered more as he was breaking down. However, when he meets Carla, who copes well with her disorder and treats herself with respect, Danny slowly changes and eventually learns how to cope with his mental retardation. Unfortunately, Danny’s CDis affects his life quite often. He stuttered a lot, and it took some time to finish his sentence. Also, since he perceived himself as a person with severe mental retardation, he did not have enough confidence love himself. However, the relationship with Carla and Ernie seemed fine since they both understood where he is standing