Family Structure The Hoover family in Little Miss Sunshine has six primary family members. These family members are Richard (father), Sheryl (mother), Dwayne (eldest son), Olive (daughter), Frank Ginsberg (maternal uncle), and Grandpa Edwin (paternal grandfather). Each one of these characters are unique in their very own way. Richard is the father of the family and struggles to sell his self-help program. He is ambitious, a perfectionist and slightly anal. Sheryl is the mother and she is the voice of reason in the family. She is also loving and accepting. The eldest child, Dwayne, is the stereotypical, rebellious teenager whom is silent for a bulk of the movie due to a vow of silence. Frank is Sheryl’s brother and was a university professor/scholar
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This means that they are not extremely rich or have an abundance of resources. They are also not extremely poor to the point where they don’t know where their last meal comes from. They have money to budget and have enough time and resources to take a weekend trip to the Little Miss Sunshine Pageant. The family being white Americans affords them better opportunities to enjoy things like the pageant, writing line of self-help books, spur of the moment weekend trips, taking in additional nonworking relatives and the such. The family faces many stressors but often find adaptive ways of dealing with them. One of the first presented in the movie was Frank moving into the house after his suicide attempt. The whole family had their back and forward at the lunch table but overall they welcomed him into the dysfunctional family unit. Sheryl and Richard also have power struggles and financial disagreements. These usually end up with Sheryl getting her way due to the power she holds in the relationship. The grandfathers drug addiction and death was also a problem. The family grieved shortly a decided that the best thing to do was to keep pushing forward. The family usually cope by swearing, humor, yelling, chastising, and most time …show more content…
When conflict arose they usually bickered for a bit and then they usually found a minimally unpleasant middle ground. They seemed to give up some of what they wanted individually for the betterment of the relationship and the family. Sheryl and Richard seem to have a homogenous marriage. They seem to be the same race and ethic group but I can only assume that they are the same religion, education background, and social class.
As parents, Richard and Sheryl seem to have similar parenting style. They both are authoritative but there is some variance among them. Due to Richard aggressive communication style he seem to be a little closer to the authoritative side while Sheryl is more exemplary of an authoritative style.
Nonverbally the family is a miscellany of patterns but overall the nonverbal signify awkwardness and being closed off. The parents tend to lean away from each other and the others just sit there with their hands in their laps. Olive tends to be the exception by siting openly and being right under people.
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This means that they are not extremely rich or have an abundance of resources. They are also not extremely poor to the point where they don’t know where their last meal comes from. They have money to budget and have enough time and resources to take a weekend trip to the Little Miss Sunshine Pageant. The family being white Americans affords them better opportunities to enjoy things like the pageant, writing line of self-help books, spur of the moment weekend trips, taking in additional nonworking relatives and the such. The family faces many stressors but often find adaptive ways of dealing with them. One of the first presented in the movie was Frank moving into the house after his suicide attempt. The whole family had their back and forward at the lunch table but overall they welcomed him into the dysfunctional family unit. Sheryl and Richard also have power struggles and financial disagreements. These usually end up with Sheryl getting her way due to the power she holds in the relationship. The grandfathers drug addiction and death was also a problem. The family grieved shortly a decided that the best thing to do was to keep pushing forward. The family usually cope by swearing, humor, yelling, chastising, and most time …show more content…
When conflict arose they usually bickered for a bit and then they usually found a minimally unpleasant middle ground. They seemed to give up some of what they wanted individually for the betterment of the relationship and the family. Sheryl and Richard seem to have a homogenous marriage. They seem to be the same race and ethic group but I can only assume that they are the same religion, education background, and social class.
As parents, Richard and Sheryl seem to have similar parenting style. They both are authoritative but there is some variance among them. Due to Richard aggressive communication style he seem to be a little closer to the authoritative side while Sheryl is more exemplary of an authoritative style.
Nonverbally the family is a miscellany of patterns but overall the nonverbal signify awkwardness and being closed off. The parents tend to lean away from each other and the others just sit there with their hands in their laps. Olive tends to be the exception by siting openly and being right under people.
Family strengths and