Little Miss Sunshine is about the dysfunctional Hoover family. Sheryl Hoover (Toni Collette) is an overworked mother who is trying to make everyone happy. Sheryl's brother, Frank Ginsberg (Steve Carell) is a gay and scholar of Proust, who temporarily moved in with her after attempting suicide. Sheryl's husband, Richard Hoover (Greg Kinnear) is a Type A personality man who strives to build a career as a motivational speaker and life coach, he loves winning and hates losing. Sheryl's fifteen-year-old son, Dwayne (Paul Dano) is a Nietzsche-reading teenager who has taken a vow of silence until he can accomplish his dream of becoming a Pilot. Richard’s fouled-mouth father, Edwin Hoover (Alan Arkin) is a heroin addict who moved in with him after
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I think the movie demonstrates the importance of family, they sacrifice a lot to support each other in achieving their goals, for example, Frank, Dwayne, and Richard sacrifice their needs to go with Sheryl, Grandpa Edwin, and Olive to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. Another example, Richard is praising Dwayne for his discipline in taking his vow of silence and striving to reach his goal of becoming a Pilot, he encouraging words show Dwayne that although what he is doing is challenging and lonely, his family is proud of him and always there to help and support him. I think support is the essential thing in a family dynamic, all the Hoover’s have different ways of expressing it, but regardless of how they show it, at the end of the film, they all knew the true meaning of being a dysfunctional …show more content…
But soon his nine months of the vow of silence turns into disappointment when he struggles to come to the realization he can no longer join the Air Force because he is colorblind. I think Dwayne’s vow of silence is impressive because I don’t know how someone could go through life without speaking, but I think his motivation to become a Pilot is a great goal, but after finding out he could no longer become one was disappointing. I think Dwayne’s response to finding out he is colorblind is very understandable because it was a dream of his to become a pilot and to find out he can no longer become one is heartbreaking. I think there was a history of trauma in Dwayne’s life that influenced his response to losing his chance at becoming a pilot because Richard made him feel like a failure for taking a vow of silence. A relevant environment factor that affected Dwyane’s development, functioning, and behavior is Nietzsche philosophy, becoming colorblind and screaming the “F” word in the middle of a field after finding out, and then Dwayne offers expression of what he’s learned in his hero’s journey of
I think the movie demonstrates the importance of family, they sacrifice a lot to support each other in achieving their goals, for example, Frank, Dwayne, and Richard sacrifice their needs to go with Sheryl, Grandpa Edwin, and Olive to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. Another example, Richard is praising Dwayne for his discipline in taking his vow of silence and striving to reach his goal of becoming a Pilot, he encouraging words show Dwayne that although what he is doing is challenging and lonely, his family is proud of him and always there to help and support him. I think support is the essential thing in a family dynamic, all the Hoover’s have different ways of expressing it, but regardless of how they show it, at the end of the film, they all knew the true meaning of being a dysfunctional …show more content…
But soon his nine months of the vow of silence turns into disappointment when he struggles to come to the realization he can no longer join the Air Force because he is colorblind. I think Dwayne’s vow of silence is impressive because I don’t know how someone could go through life without speaking, but I think his motivation to become a Pilot is a great goal, but after finding out he could no longer become one was disappointing. I think Dwayne’s response to finding out he is colorblind is very understandable because it was a dream of his to become a pilot and to find out he can no longer become one is heartbreaking. I think there was a history of trauma in Dwayne’s life that influenced his response to losing his chance at becoming a pilot because Richard made him feel like a failure for taking a vow of silence. A relevant environment factor that affected Dwyane’s development, functioning, and behavior is Nietzsche philosophy, becoming colorblind and screaming the “F” word in the middle of a field after finding out, and then Dwayne offers expression of what he’s learned in his hero’s journey of