Introduction This signature assignment will focus on analyzing the movie Matilda, a 1996 American film that was directed by Danny DeVito. This analysis will focus on the social/emotional characteristics of Matilda, the special needs based on those characteristics, the response to those characteristics of certain individuals in her life, and I will also be critiquing this movie.
Brief Summary This movie is about a bright little girl by the name of Matilda. She was born into a very unusual family that didn't care about her. Her family included her father, mother and brother, the Wormwoods. Matilda was forced to stay home till the age of 6, while she was home she learns to do many things on her own, by the age of four she had read all
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The movie narrator even stated “They were wrapped up in their own silly world, that they didn't pay much attention to her”. She was left home alone, while dad went to work and mom would go play bingo. She didn't mind that at all, she prefered to be alone. Families have a significant impact on their child's life, they need to create an open communication and listen to what they have to say, spending time with them and just getting to know them goes a long way. This was not the case for Matilda, she was respected and wasn't allowed to express herself and her family was very judgmental towards her. The father even said, she wasn't a Wormwood because she was so different from them, they materialistic and would do anything to get money, even if that meant “cheating” as Matilda called …show more content…
She was a very courageous individual who was born into a family that was very different from her, and sadly she did not have the support she needed. As the movie narrator said, “When she was two she learned how to take care of herself”, even though her parents didn't pay much attention to her, that wasn't an issue to her because she liked it that way. Clark states, “The family establishes the foundation and climate of love and caring that the influence how each member views the others and operates in the world” (Clark, 2013), that was not the case with Matilda, because her family did not understand her and talked down on her. An example of this is was when Matilda asks for a book, and was is immediately shut down. She finds her way to a library and is a frequent visitor, eventually she ends up getting a library card. This touches base to the locus control that Matilda illustrates for reading. Clark states the
Nan Dear wanted Dolly to stay at their humpy on the flats and become a fruit picker like the rest of the Aboriginal community. Gladys had bigger ambitions for her daughter. She wanted Dolly to get an education because she never did, a proper house and a real job. When the Queen came to visit Gladys got very excited and put on her best outfit to see her only to get to town to find out that they had out up a hessian fence to hide the flats and the residents. They hadn't even allowed the indigenous community to see the queen. The Hessian fence was '...Like a bandaid over a
Even in her mid-twenties she was still treated unfairly. Her mother looked down at her and did not appreciate any of the things that she did. "Any pip-dreams Drusilla might have harboured about Missy's growing up to snatch the ladies of Missalonghi out of penury via a spectacular marriage died before Missy turned then; she was always homely and unprepossessing"(Pg. 39). What her mother pictured Missy to be had been vanished when Missy was about ten. Her mother lost fate in her before she even had a chance to prove her decency. Missy also was living in her own fantasy world. Her mother was against her from reading romance books because it was a sin to know about love. She was shatter inside for she felt she will never experience...
Selma is a very iconic historical movie which is based on the 1965 demonstration for voting rights through a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama led by the distinguished civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. The film was directed by Ava DuVernay, written by Paul Webb and stirred by David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo and Andre Holland. The author of the movie wanted to show the real history of the struggle for the equal voting rights of the black people in the US. The film movie was produced on 25th December 2014 and has a running time of 128 minutes. While addressing a congregation of more than 700 people, Ava DuVernay, the director of the film outlined that they intended to emphasize on the achievements of the women and
Though not blood relatives, Isabella has been raised as Matilda’s sister, and her relationship with the prince and princess is one of daughter to parents. Isabella has a more independent identity than Matilda does. There are suggestions that Isabella is slightly more sensual than Matilda, someone who admits her sexuality and attraction to men. Bianca, Matilda’s lady, says, “But there is my Lady Isabella would not be so reserved to me: she will let me talk to her of young men;...
Due to her father’s wealth and her high rank, Matilda was highly sought after as a bride. She was well educated and said to be very beautiful. Modern research shows that she never exceeded five feet in height. Matilda gained the attention of the powerful William, Duke of Normandy. He had fallen in love with her when he first saw her at the French court and was said to be so passionately captivated by her that he would do anything to obtain her. According to legend, when William's representative asked Matilda if she would marry the Duke of Normandy, she declined by saying that she was too high born to consider marrying a “bastard”. William was the son of Robert, Duke of Normandy and his mistress, Herleva. The legend also says that when William heard of her refusal, he rode from Normandy to Flanders, found Matilda on her way to church, dragged her off her horse by her long braids, beat her and left. After this she shockingly agreed to marry him.
After five years of being raised and living with their grandmother whom they truly loved, the girls had a rude awakening. Their grandmother, Sylvia had passed away. “When after almost five years, my grandmother one winter morning eschewed awakening, Lily and Nona were fetched from Spokane and took up housekeeping in Fingerbone, just as my grandmother had wished” (Robinson 29). This was the final attempt that their grandmother had made in order for the girls to have a normal and traditional life. This is a solid example of how the sister’s lives are shaped by their family and their surroundings. Lucille’s ultimate concern in life is to conform to society and live a traditional life. She wishes to have a normal family and is sorrowful for all of the losses that she has experienced such as her mother’s and grandmother’s deaths. On the other hand, Ruthie, after spending more time with her future guardian, Aunt Sylvie, becomes quite the transient like her.
To begin, Wendy seems to have a very motherlike attitude towards the Lost Boys, something that they so desperately need. For instance, the idea of a young pre-adolescent child being the mother of a family is strange to say the least, as this role is usually reserved for those of a reasonable age in most societies. However, the Lost Boys of Neverland never had a motherlike figure in the magical lands. Wendy takes this role over, a very strong and admirable move. While she acknowledges the fact that she is young and has no experience of being a mother, she realizes how important it is for the Lost Boys to have a mother, even if she is not their legitimate mother. Peter tells her that all they need is a nice motherly person, and she accepts this role. Along with the role of being a mother is the work that many mothers of the time would accomplish, such as washing the clothes and sewing. Wendy is not afraid to scold and punish the boys if they wer...
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The movie Matilda is about a young first grade girl named Matilda Wormwood. Matilda is a very smart young girl with a family that does not pay any interest in her. From a young age she had to take care of herself. At the tender age of three she had read all the magazines and newspapers in her home, so she looked up where the library was and walked to it. From then on Matilda would read anything she could in the library, the books gave her an important message, that she was not alone. A few years past and Matilda wanted to go to school, her father, Harry Wormwood, who thought she was four when she was actually six, didn’t want her to go because he wanted her home to sign for packages. Although awful, Harry did manage to give her one piece of
Prominent among these characters was Matilda’s father, Mr. Wormwood, who was a reflection of one of Dahl’s old friends. In Matilda, Wormwood is described as a sly, dishonest man that sells cars. He rigs the cars just enough to work until “the buyer [gets] a good distance away”(Matilda 25) and Matilda, much like Dahl with his friend Ginger Henderson, notices this corruption. Page 23 of Matilda “‘I’m always glad to buy a car when some fool has been crashing the gears so badly they're all worn out and rattle like mad. I get it cheap. Then all I do is mix a lot of sawdust with the oil in the gear-box and it runs sweet as a nut’... ‘But that’s dishonest, daddy,’ Matilda said. ‘It’s cheating.’” The corruption of Mr. Wormwood goes to the extent of falsifying that the engine is working fine until the customer can no longer return. Mr. Wormwood's malfeasances are further highlighted on page 25 of
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