This movie revolves around a Latin woman, named Flor, who has a young daughter and they have been deserted by her husband. As a result Flor chooses to immigrate to the United States from Mexico to be with their family and earn enough to support herself and her child. Flor works two jobs, within the local Latin community, while her daughter cares for herself much like a latch key child. When the child enters her teen years Flor decides that her daughter, Christina, would benefit from more supervision and sets out to obtain a job as a maid in the home of an American family that will pay as much as her two jobs have. The home of her new employer is comprised of a nuclear family which includes the father, a renowned chef and his wife, the mother
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One of the most striking examples to me is the mother of the family, Debs’, interest in Flor’s daughter Christina. Deb sees in Christina qualities that the movie indicates she very much values such as thinness, intelligence and beauty versus the qualities her own charming funny sensitive and big hearted daughter Bernice has. There is a scene in which Deb and Christina have stolen away in the early morning hours and as they return home they are equally excited about the day they’ve had together and equally enamored with each other as Christina share her exuberance and praises Deb. There they are in the car with matching colored streaks in their hair and Flea market finds in the back seat and there is a moment when you can tell that Deb would be crushed, anticipating a harsh reproach as she awaits an assessment from Christina about her bargaining skills that day at the flea market. Deb is clearly concerned about whether or not Christina sees her as a mentor and her opinion of her. You can see the relief on Deb’s face when Christina does in fact state “You are the most amazing white woman that I’ve ever met”. Deb replies, “That is so nice to hear, absurd but deeply appreciated”. She is clearly reveling in the acceptance and admiration she is feeling in that …show more content…
The movie portrays the stages of Piaget’s theory of moral development step by step. The movie begins in an admissions office of some college and people are sorting through applications, an essay is being read in Christina’s adult voice and it’s stating who her hero is, her mother, and why. This leads us into the rest of the movie in which we first we see the example of a young Christina following her mother’s directions without question and microwaving her own dinner while her mother is working. Flor must feel secure that her daughter will do as she’s told and confident that she will be fine. Next we see Christina, older a teen now, at a restaurant with her mother, Flor attracts the attention of two men at the bar who offer to buy her a drink. Christina is immediately smitten with the attention from the men, Flor is offended and then Christina is embarrassed as she translates her mother’s rebuttal to the waitress and watches helplessly while her response is delivered to the men now clearly ashamed. The next is when Debra creates an opportunity for Christina to receive a scholarship to her children’s school. Flor debates and says “either she becomes the same or she is odd” fearing the pain her child would experience at standing out. Christina begins her
One of the most striking examples to me is the mother of the family, Debs’, interest in Flor’s daughter Christina. Deb sees in Christina qualities that the movie indicates she very much values such as thinness, intelligence and beauty versus the qualities her own charming funny sensitive and big hearted daughter Bernice has. There is a scene in which Deb and Christina have stolen away in the early morning hours and as they return home they are equally excited about the day they’ve had together and equally enamored with each other as Christina share her exuberance and praises Deb. There they are in the car with matching colored streaks in their hair and Flea market finds in the back seat and there is a moment when you can tell that Deb would be crushed, anticipating a harsh reproach as she awaits an assessment from Christina about her bargaining skills that day at the flea market. Deb is clearly concerned about whether or not Christina sees her as a mentor and her opinion of her. You can see the relief on Deb’s face when Christina does in fact state “You are the most amazing white woman that I’ve ever met”. Deb replies, “That is so nice to hear, absurd but deeply appreciated”. She is clearly reveling in the acceptance and admiration she is feeling in that …show more content…
The movie portrays the stages of Piaget’s theory of moral development step by step. The movie begins in an admissions office of some college and people are sorting through applications, an essay is being read in Christina’s adult voice and it’s stating who her hero is, her mother, and why. This leads us into the rest of the movie in which we first we see the example of a young Christina following her mother’s directions without question and microwaving her own dinner while her mother is working. Flor must feel secure that her daughter will do as she’s told and confident that she will be fine. Next we see Christina, older a teen now, at a restaurant with her mother, Flor attracts the attention of two men at the bar who offer to buy her a drink. Christina is immediately smitten with the attention from the men, Flor is offended and then Christina is embarrassed as she translates her mother’s rebuttal to the waitress and watches helplessly while her response is delivered to the men now clearly ashamed. The next is when Debra creates an opportunity for Christina to receive a scholarship to her children’s school. Flor debates and says “either she becomes the same or she is odd” fearing the pain her child would experience at standing out. Christina begins her