Personal Narrative: My Big Fat Greek Weeding

What we see outside is meaningless, unless you realize what is hidden inside. I met a lot of people who had expensive clothes on and good look over all, but when I got to know them I realize how wrong I was. People pay more attention on status in society, materialistic things and what tangible you have for them, missing that personality and good heart make someone a decent person. It is impressive having a lot of money, but it is breathtaking having less and still share with others. A lot of people are being misrepresented by society based on their culture, language or race. One of the movies where people are misrepresented, especially Greeks, is My Big Fat Greek Weeding. This is the story of a Greek girl named Taula who is the member of a …show more content…
I noticed that characters represent Greeks as wild, nosy and loud. Portokalos family is a big family that shares everything, including somebody else’s business. Few time aunts, uncles and cousins gathered to discuss Taula’s future, because they thought she will spend the rest of her life alone. Finally when she found the love of her life, whole family tries to organize the wedding and be part of it. I know they had the best intentions and they only wanted to make Toula happy, but at the end everybody planned the wedding except her. Also, neighbors were aware of Greek life style, because of all noise they make every day, especially during parties they organized in their yard. One of the assumptions the movie presents is how alcohol is involved a lot in the Greeks life. Having alcohol does not make you any less than people who do not consume it if you know the limit. Using “windex” as a cure for everything is one of the funniest label ever. All of them believe, especially Kosta, if you spray windex on whatever you need to be fixed, it will help. This can be taken in the funny way, but at the same time it looks crazy, because there is no human who tries to fix things with windex, which is supposed to be used to clean glass. Labels and assumptions do not have to do anything with someone’s personality and abilities. It can only make those …show more content…
It is strictly forbidden even considering a “Xenos”, which is the name for all man who are not Greek, to get married to. That is rude and unfair, because you cannot categorize people based on their race. When Taula picked Ian as her future husband, she did not care what race he was, because love is not based on that. She knew her family would be against it, because Greeks do not consider non Greek people as good enough to be the part of the family. Her dad had a big issue with Taula being with Ian, that he invited few Greek boys to the dinner hoping it would change her mind, which was not successful. Member of the Portokalos family were quick to judge based on his race without even trying to get to know him. Kosta was not interested in meeting Ian, because he was not of them. My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a movie that shows how Greek people are proud of their past and culture. They are proud so much they believe root of every word is Greek. They are proud so much that they only have Greeks as friends and they are proud so much that they even decorated their front yard with statue of the gods. Kids are only able to go to Greek school and eat a Greek meal that has been prepared at the house. This whole movie is going back and forth trying to prove how there is no other culture that can be considered well as