Bend

describes what leaders need to be, know, and do to be successful. Specifically, during the Creek American War General Jackson displayed many of these great attributes however, these were no more evident than in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Moreover, the Battle of Horseshoe Bend was directly related to the American Indian Wars and later lead to the signing of the Indian Removal…

In the movie Bend it like Beckham the traditional Indian family is portrayed through a young woman by the name of Jesminder aka 'Jess '. Jess is trying to please her family and her culture while pursuing a soccer career. Within the Indian culture there are expectations for tradition/religion, gender and growing up/friendship. Jess’s character breaks all these norms. Jess essentially plays two roles. For her family she has to be “the perfect” Indian daughter and for her social life she breaks…

they describe the Battle at Plum Point Bend in which a squadron of 8 confederate Ironclads (rams) and a group of Union Naval ships. J.E. Montgomery writes to his commanding officer “I am happy to inform you, while exposed to close quarters to a most terrific fire for thirty minutes, our boats, although struck repeatedly, sustained no serious injuries” (Montgomery 384). This statement confirms that the confederates made out better in the Battle at Plum Point Bend because two of the Union ships…

vendors such as disposal companies. The Willow Bend policy should include verbiage requiring vendors to enter into a business associate agreement and certify that any employees handling PHI have appropriate HIPAA and privacy training (45 CFR 160.103) (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, n.d.). Willow Bend vs. Medicare Medicare rules regarding record maintenance and destruction are long and complex. The Willow Bend policy does not delineate Medicare records from…

Bend it Like Beckham explores many different gender and cultural roles based around sport. However, like a lot of movies out there, it questions these generalised and stereotyped roles in an obvious underlying manner. It’s pretty clear to see that this movie is an exaggerated version of what the general society is today but it is different in the way that it questions some of these stereotypes. In society, girls are supposed to look pretty and start a good family but in the movie Jess and Jules…

poetry; poems offer a plethora of emotions and experiences at face value, but once more knowledge is provided, the entire perspective can change and create a deeper understanding for the reader. Katie Ford’s engaging and thoughtful poem, “The Vessel Bends the Water,” is a perfect example of this experience. The first couple of times I read the poem, I believed it to be about lost love through hardship. After briefly researching the author and her collections of poetry, it became clear that…

differences in values. She explored people's opinions on gender roles in 1988, 1994, and 2002 and predicts that the rejection of traditional gender roles will continue in the coming years. This rejection of traditional gender roles is a major theme in Bend It like Beckham. The film presents two seemingly very different mothers who both attempt to pressure their daughters into upholding their respective traditional gender roles. The movie shows Teets’ parents stating that “children are a map of…

Bend it Like Beckham is a film that focuses on the entangling life of Jess Bambara. Jess is a young indian girl that has a passion toward playing soccer while having to deal with her family’s expectations of being the perfect indian daughter. This creates clashing in Jess’s life causing it to be difficult to balance her family’s beliefs along with her own ambition. In Bend it Like Beckham, Gurinder Chadha uses Jess’s conflict between her desire to play soccer and her family’s cultural…

While in jail, I had a spiritual awakening. I met a positive brother by the name of Jamal who befriended me early at my stay in the Fort Bend County Jail. Jamal was well in his late fifty’s and he was one of the first inmates to speak to me when I entered the tank. Jamal was arrested and charged for aggravated assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon and received a fifteen-year sentence. He was currently waiting on chain to go to the Texas Department of Corrections also known as…

Bending the Culture: Hybridization of Punjabi Ethos in Gurinder Chadha’s Bend it Like Beckham “Sometimes we feel we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools.” - Salman Rushdie ‘Diaspora is the term used to describe any population which is considered deterritorialized, dislocated and disintegrated fostering feels of ‘unbelongingness’ and ‘dispossession’. The…