Modern Family

typical Modern Family Modern Family is a show that involves three families all in which interact and are related to one another. When we think about a traditional family most of us will picture a Husband, a Wife, a few kids and maybe even pets. Traditional family has changed over time because the culture has more influence on equality. Modern family introduces the “traditional families” and also a homosexual couple’s family. Not only does the show introduces us to today's ideology of modern…

shown at surface level. This in itself is breaking a stereotype that has developed in husband and father characters. Once again comparing to Modern Family, Hal may seem immature and foolish as the father character in Modern Family, but there are moments like these that show this character has more original and interesting traits. Phil Dunphy (Modern Family) is a character whose sole purpose is for comedic relief, never having to show interesting dynamic traits. After showing this sense of…

Sofia Vergara’s character in Modern Family is an accurate example of misrepresentation of a female Latina in the media. Vergara plays the typical sassy, spicy Latina. She is often over sexualized, seen as ditsy, and bossy. As if all these things weren’t bad enough her character has this…

they think of their family, but what really makes a family? The common image that comes to mind when thinking about family is a mom and dad and their children. Nowadays that is not always and families are coming in all shapes and sizes. There are, “... single-parent families, stepfamilies, cohabitating families- those with unmarried domestic partners-…,” (McCaffrey, 2013, p. 3). T.V shows have even started to reflect these changing family structures, especially the show Modern Family.This show…

jeans that a character wears. By looking at Claire Dumphy from Modern Family,…

There was not much skin showing either, fully clothed and fashionable. The women and girls shown in the show were all slim, petite or slender. Ideal body type looked to be slim and petite or slim and tall, but overall slim in general. In modern family, the women were slim as well, there were more variations of ethnicity as well, the Hispanic woman had big breast and a big butt but a slim stomach and she was tall as well. Seemed more of a model body then the stay at home mom body that she…

free time helping Amanda build online dating profiles. OkCupid, eHarmony, and Christian Mingle just to name a few. With her limited English and knowledge of the United States, Amanda needed me. Her only insight to American culture was watching “Modern Family” a tv show which influenced Amanda’s “American Dream”. She saw herself as the character Gloria, a Colombian immigrant, who…

1950’s and continues to be a part of the daily routine for a majority. Sitcoms in particular have taken a role in molding and influencing the public. It has greatly impacted our society for decades now. From the air of I Love Lucy to our current Modern Family, the shows have influenced our American society. The perspectives taken into consideration are the following: cultural, historical and psychological. These lenses will debut the manner in which our country has been influenced by television…

very welcoming, yet if you so say something that may offend them. Guess right here the spicy, hot, fire attitude the Latina women have is going to come out like many people say. Do not go off of something you hear throughout the community, friends, family, and through media go off your judgment. Do not judge the book by its a cover is something I learned from my father. We have to get to know the person, especially seeing it from our own eyes and nobodies else eyes. Nobody is perfect,…

The Roman household is a great deal larger than the modern American household, which usually consisted of a man, his wife, and their children. School is required for all American children, rather than just those of the upper-class, and children are usually sent to large communal schools to learn alongside other children. Boys and girls receive equal educations, as modern American girls do not have to worry about preparing for child marriages as the girls of ancient…