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The Movie Nell
People tend to make assumptions judging by superficial appearances, and overlook things that don't fit their preconceived idea. They might find things are not at all what they seem when they take time to look and listen a little more closely. This applies greatly to the movie Nell, where Nell is a girl who's been brought up in an isolated world. The only person she knew was her mother and twin sister. For the society, inducting all individual members into its moral norms, attitudes, values, motives, social roles, language and symbols is the ‘means by which social and cultural continuity are attained’ Nell lives in a house, cooks her food, wears clothing and competently performs routine household tasks, she is not a "wild child" or

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