The character I have decided to analyze is a stubborn sixteen-year-old female named Callie Jacobs, from the show The Fosters, who lives a troubled life as a foster child. In her past, Callie has been in bad foster homes and was even sent to Juvie for hitting a male foster parent with a bat because she was trying to protect her younger brother Jude from being abused. Once she is out of Juvie, a social worker decides to put Callie and Jude in a new foster home with a female authority figure. Callie and Jude move in with their new foster parents which are a lesbian couple named Stef and Lena Adam Foster, but Callie reminds Jude to not get comfortable because she expects to be transferred to another foster home in a couple of months. However,
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Being a foster child, it is already difficult for Callie to figure out who she is. For instance, “Studies have shown that foster care adolescents exhibit feelings of obligatory guardianship over blood siblings who are also in foster care”(Hazen, 2016). This relates to Callie because throughout the show Callie serves a parent role to her brother Jude, and that seems to be her main purpose. Moreover, when Callie finds her hobby which is photography, it is a way to keep her mind busy with all the chaos and priorities she has.It is helpful for her because “social activities have been shown to serve as a protective factor against foster care placement disruptions”(Hazen, 2016). By doing what she loves, she ends up meeting a lot of people and experiencing new things, which can be helpful in finding who she …show more content…
It is the time when “...systematic logical thinking and by the ability to understand and systematically manipulate abstract concepts”(Berger, 2014). In other words, Callie is thinking logically, which involves using valid reasoning rather than emotion. Honestly, Callie sometimes uses her emotions to prove a point, but she is using her brain in a more complex way. This stage she is in, is useful in school, in order to learn math and about politics. I could not find another way this related to her life, instead of learning in
Being a foster child, it is already difficult for Callie to figure out who she is. For instance, “Studies have shown that foster care adolescents exhibit feelings of obligatory guardianship over blood siblings who are also in foster care”(Hazen, 2016). This relates to Callie because throughout the show Callie serves a parent role to her brother Jude, and that seems to be her main purpose. Moreover, when Callie finds her hobby which is photography, it is a way to keep her mind busy with all the chaos and priorities she has.It is helpful for her because “social activities have been shown to serve as a protective factor against foster care placement disruptions”(Hazen, 2016). By doing what she loves, she ends up meeting a lot of people and experiencing new things, which can be helpful in finding who she …show more content…
It is the time when “...systematic logical thinking and by the ability to understand and systematically manipulate abstract concepts”(Berger, 2014). In other words, Callie is thinking logically, which involves using valid reasoning rather than emotion. Honestly, Callie sometimes uses her emotions to prove a point, but she is using her brain in a more complex way. This stage she is in, is useful in school, in order to learn math and about politics. I could not find another way this related to her life, instead of learning in