Sociological Analysis Of WASP Movie
In this assignment I am going to write about the film WASP (Andrea Arnold’s 2003,http://www.directorsnotes.com/2011/09/25/wasp-2/). Throughout my assignment, I will make reference to incidents within the movie, to plan how I will work with 11 year old Kelly, the eldest of the 4 children. I will give my view on the best course of action for her from my understanding as a FETAC Level 5 Applied social studies student with reference to Sigmund Freud and Bruno Bettelheim’s key ideas, beliefs and theories to help me with my work. I will also look at gender as an issue within the film.
From viewing the film WASP I get the feeling that Zoe became pregnant young and naively with little or no understanding of what it would entail, but from the footage of the estate I doubt this was uncommon. Zoe places a lot of responsibility on Kelly this is seen when she hands Kelly the sugar and tells her to share it out, when she tells Kelly to watch her younger siblings while she is in the pub but it is profoundly clear when she shakes and …show more content…
Attending school is essential for Kelly so that hopefully she can get out of the estate and make a better life for herself, the same applies to all the children. But in the estate the social norm seems to be a very low value placed on education meaning there is possibly a high risk of drop-outs from school. I fear this will lead to Kelly falling victim to the “poverty trap” which is a mechanism which makes it very difficult for people to escape poverty. A poverty trap is created when an economic system requires a significant amount of various forms of capital in order to earn enough to escape poverty. When individuals lack this capital, they may also find it difficult to acquire it, creating a self-reinforcing cycle of poverty.http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/poverty-trap.asp “Lack of education is the cause of poverty but poverty is a cause of lack of
From viewing the film WASP I get the feeling that Zoe became pregnant young and naively with little or no understanding of what it would entail, but from the footage of the estate I doubt this was uncommon. Zoe places a lot of responsibility on Kelly this is seen when she hands Kelly the sugar and tells her to share it out, when she tells Kelly to watch her younger siblings while she is in the pub but it is profoundly clear when she shakes and …show more content…
Attending school is essential for Kelly so that hopefully she can get out of the estate and make a better life for herself, the same applies to all the children. But in the estate the social norm seems to be a very low value placed on education meaning there is possibly a high risk of drop-outs from school. I fear this will lead to Kelly falling victim to the “poverty trap” which is a mechanism which makes it very difficult for people to escape poverty. A poverty trap is created when an economic system requires a significant amount of various forms of capital in order to earn enough to escape poverty. When individuals lack this capital, they may also find it difficult to acquire it, creating a self-reinforcing cycle of poverty.http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/poverty-trap.asp “Lack of education is the cause of poverty but poverty is a cause of lack of