Karen Seccombe's Definition Of Family

Family is an expression that has an abundant amount of interchangeable definitions. Throughout this essay the definition of family being used is the explanation provided by Karen Secombe, “a relationship by blood, marriage, or affection, in which members may cooperate economically, may care for children, and may consider their identity to be intimately connected to the larger group.” (Seccombe 4). Family plays an essential role in the movie Stalked at 17. Within this analysis of Stalked at 17, the impact of an individual’s upbringing and how in fact it correlates with that person’s sense of family and the types of relationships individuals partake in will be thoroughly examined. At the commencement of the movie, the audience is introduced to fresh faced, sixteen-year-old Angela as she visits a perspective college campus with aspirations of becoming a fashion design student. While on the campus visit, Angela encounters a handsome twenty-one-year-old guy named Chad, who invites her and a friend to his fraternity party. Throughout Angela’s stint at the fraternity party, her and Chad hit it off, and become sexually involved. After the young adults’ erotic encounter, they decide to pursue a romantic relationship. …show more content…
Commonly, teenage pregnancy is understood to be an overwhelming, occasionally heart wrenching moment in the lives of the young mother and father to be. Initially, Angela was fearful of her parents as well as Chad’s reaction. Angela was unsure of how she was going to break the news to her parents especially considering the fact that they were just touring colleges a couple months ago. For this reason, Angela decide to tell Chad first. To her surprise, Chad was elated upon hearing the news of Angela’s pregnancy, so much so that he took her on a celebratory