Ricardo Souto Pd.2
In the movie Bend It Like Beckham Jules loves playing soccer and dreams of one day being as good as Beckham. But there are challenges that are holding her from reaching her dream Jules dreams are more important than her culture.
Firstly, Jules's dreams are more important than her culture, as they are who she is as a person. Jules does not want to be the traditional Indian girl that her parents want her to be, as her dreams are so much more open than that. Instead, Jess enters a territory that Indian girls usually never do: the soccer world. Its not everyday that you see a girl in an Indian dress, playing soccer, however, Jules's passion and drive was so strong that she bent all of the rules to play the beautiful game.It might sound surprising but it was her parents that were holding her back. Her parents never liked her playing soccer and the only thing she loved to do was to play soccer. Shes not like her sister were as she likes fashion and gossip.Which created the problem.Jules all her life has loved soccer and wants to play in the Pro league and be as good as Beckham. On the other side her mom doesn't want her playing because it interferes with her culture.
The media has a great impact on people’s lives as it can be seen almost anywhere you go, it therefore influences the decisions you make to some degree. The media today can publicize humanly figures into something they are not. It also has the power to create many ideas from a key topic weather it been a person or an item. The media in the film Bend it like Beckham portrays David Beckham to be a god, not only to people who follow soccer but to anyone. Most women idolize Beckham for his good looks; Jess however idolizes him for his great ability to be able to play soccer. Jules is a soccer fanatic- soccer is her life. She dreams playing alongside her hero- David Beckham. Throughout the film we see Jules in her bedroom surrounded by walls covered in David Beckham posters. These posters are very important as they provide us with knowledge about Jules. We are able to view how she thinks of Beckham. I think Jules would consider making decisions The thing that her parents don't understand is that she is really good at it so good that shes playing on a real women's team. Not a Professional but a pretty good one.And if she pushes her self on that team then she can really do the thing she always wanted to do. WHICH IS MAKE IT TO THE BIG LEAGUE!

The reason for the conflict between Jules desires and her mother's expectations is that Jules mother is apprehensive about the person that Jules might become and blames soccer for her concern. Jules mother believes that Jules is too masculine and that soccer, which is dominantly a men sport, is the cause of this. Her mother assumes that no man will want to marry her daughter because she would be tougher than them and would make them feel less macho. Also, Jules mother suspects that Jules might be homosexual because she does not have a boyfriend and is constantly with her best girlfriend Jess. Her mother does not know how to handle this situation, but instead of confronting Jules and asking her about it, she blames soccer, again. Jules wants to continue playing soccer but does not want her mother's expectations to impede her from making her dream come true.The conflict was finally resolved after Jules mother made a scene at Jess' sister's wedding. Jules' mother made a scene by accusing Jules and Jess of being lesbians after she saw them hugging. Jules confronted her mother and told her that just because she plays soccer and is strong, it does not make her a lesbian. Jules' mother realizes that she has overreacted and would accept and love Jules the way she is. After Jules receives an offer to play soccer in America, her mother is ecstatic and glad her daughter will be able to make her dream come true. Jules can now be able to obtain her desire without having her mother's expectations hold her back.

The conflict between desire and expectations relates to the central theme of the film: a person has aspirations to make their desires come true and must find a way to accomplish them without completely forgetting about the feelings of the people who love them most. In the film, Jules had to talk with her mother and tell her that the expectations of who she wanted Jules to become is not who Jules wanted to be. Her mother realized that she had to be considerate of her daughter's feelings and support her in playing the sport she loves, soccer."Bend it Like Beckham," was a film that expose the journey of conflict and reconciliation between a daughter and mother. The conflict between a daughter's desire and a mother's expectations was conveyed in an honest and realistic manner in which many teenagers could relate to. Jules was able to obtain her desire of continuing playing soccer with the accceptance of her mother, which brought them closer together and formed an everlasting bond.
In the very end Jules and Jess end up going to America (merica!) to persue there career to for a professional women soccer playing. After pulling out jules mom's hair out she ends up letting her go and her father agrees... the moral of the story- do what you love the most and dont let anything hold you back! :)