At the beginning of the film Billy's father is against the dance world and desperately urges Billy to go by societal norms and traditions. "Males do, football or boxing NOT ballet" , Jackie has a conservatorial view on the world which results in him not agreeing with his son's choice in choosing to pursue ballet. ... Jackie has changed into a father that supports Billy into any endeavour no matter what obstacles appear to be in his way. When an individual is transitioning they need a support network in place to assist them in doing so, Billy was deprived of this until later...

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Gardner and his son are now forced to live on the streets before coming across an internship as a stockbroker at Dean Witter. ... Educational achievement can also be seen in the daycare Gardner's son attends. ... Growing up without a father figure, Gardner promised himself he would always be there for his son – and that is exactly what he does. When his wife leaves him, Chris chose to take care of his son rather than letting him go with his mother. Raising his son by himself, Gardner's hard work and determination landed him the well-paying job. ...

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Amir grew up as a son of a wealthy Pashtun businessman while Hassan was raised by a Hazara servant. ... Also, Amir was jealous of Hassan because his father, Baba, praised Hassan's courage to stand up for Amir while he could not do it even for himself. ... Baba forced Hassan to be the son of a Hazara servant because he valued his dignity and honor more than the family tie with his own child. After Baba and Hassan died, Amir finally knew the truth that Hassan was not son of Ali, a Hazara servant, but son of Baba. ... In other words, Baba was afraid that he would lose his honor because of th...

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In the "pizzeria" scene, Riccio arrives with his son, Bruno, at a time when they are tired and hungry, and almost all hope is lost. The "pizzeria" as the father calls it, is actually a restaurant of high class quality and they can be seen eating near an affluent family. ... Mamma Roma's desire for her son to marry into the upper class is seen in church as she points out all the wealthy prospects. ... As Mamma Roma and her son are riding on a motorcycle, the viewer knows that Mamma Roma feels that the only way for her son to be happy is to become rich. ... Mamma Roma wants to be rich while...

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The setting of Bel Kaufman's short story entitled, "Sunday in the Park" is meant to be an enjoyable afternoon at the park, yet because of the ill-mannered father it soon evolves into quite the opposite. ... The distinct division between the two fathers point of view and social class is apparent from the line, "My kid's got just as good a right here as yours, and if he feels like throwing sand, he"ll throw it, and if u don't like it, you can take your kid the hell out of here." This all relates to the underlying theme of stereotypes as the fathers test their wit in order to ret...

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For instance, a middle-class father who is an environmental engineer with a college degree in environmental science can help his daughter with her science classes and science projects. ... If she decides she would like to pursue a college education in this field, her father can help her get there because he's done it already and can guide her through applying to colleges and other steps toward the attainment of her goal. ... A low-income, working class father who is a janitor probably cannot help his son succeed in science to the same extent that the middle-class girl succeeded. This fath...

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The djam , or slaves, include the djam- bur , who are slaves of the king; the djam neg nday , slaves of one's mother; and the djam neg bây , slaves of one's father. ... The slave of the mother's household was the captive of our mother, as opposed to the slave of our father. ... Due to the matriarchal and polygamous regime, we feel him closer to us, because he belongs to our mother, than the slave of the father, who is at an equal distance, socially speaking, from all the children of the same father and different mothers. As can easily be seen, the slave of the father would beco...

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" As reported by Glenda Gilmore, the generation of the African American women emerged in the 1890s to become diplomats to the white community after their husband, brothers, and fathers were deprived. The African American women would try to obtain jobs for their husbands, brothers, and sons. While, the white women wanted to obtain jobs from their husbands, brothers, and sons. ...

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According to a report by Mike Savage, high ability sons of working class fathers do worse in education than low ability sons of professional fathers, indicating and supporting Bourdieu's theory of cultural advantage (Savage, 1997). ...

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Why have so many films of the "gritty realism" tradition been set in northern landscapes? There are several factors that have contributed to many films of the gritty realism tradition being set in northern landscapes. I propose a review of the evidence that Historical, Economic, Sociological, Pol...

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Another film that does this from the perspective of a working, middle class individual is "The Pursuit of Happyness" starring Will Smith, in which a father struggles to care for his son while trying to consistently work in a volatile environment where he is laid off, pushed aside, and overlooked time and time again. ...

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Says John to his mother, "We are doing an act; we are playing at being you and father- (89), as if gender roles are performed. John and Wendy's rehearsal of their parents seems like a recurring part of the dynamic of the family, so that Mr Darling's entrance and his petulant demand that his wife fix his tie read like an extension of the role playing: as the children play their parents, so the father plays his child. ... Given that the audience does not have access to the stage directions while they watch the play, and given that Mr Darling does later self-consciously play his son, th...

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