Bend It Like Beck Ham

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Bend itlike Beckham

A Comenius-project

at Stiftsgymnasium St.PaulApril 2005


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I.What the story

is about . . .


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Bend it like Beckham

it is not onlyabout an Indian girl

who likes playing footballbut also about


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Teenager problems


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The clash between traditionalvalues and the modern world
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First love


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Growing up


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Friendship


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Religion


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Cultural Diversity


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Tolerance


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II.Culture Clash


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cant cope with the culture clashbetween India and England

cant deal with the fact that herdaughters playing in a girls-football-team

takes the Indian culture veryseriously

expects her daughters to do sotoo

is against emancipation

in favour of being able to cookIndian cuisine

is against girls doing things thatboys do in their spare-time

doesnt know exactly how he shoulddeal with the culture clash

on one hand he doesnt accept thathis daughter plays in a girl-football-team

but on the other hand he played in abowling team too (in East Africa)

finally he accepts his daughterswish

respects the culture clash hisdaughter goes through

supports his daughter in every way

Both are very protective

Mrs. Bhamra Mr. Bhamra


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III.Racial

Discrimination


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Jess is offended by an English girl calling her Pakhi

Her trainer Joe has problems too, because he is IrishJess father who was good at bowling, was discriminatedand people laughed at his turban

There is also a gap between Muslims and Indians

Indian boys dont play in football leagues


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Family Tradition

Pinky

sneaks off secretly to

meet Teetu

loves Teetu and wants tomarry him

covers up for Jess so

that she can go to

Germany

reveals Jess secret

cant understand Jess

Jess

She wants to play footballlike her hero David Beckham.

loves her trainer Joe but heisnt Indian

lies to her parents anddeceives them

doesn't want to marry anIndian boy

gets a scholarship for SantaClara college in the USA

convinces her parents to lether go and live her dreams


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Pinky and Teetus Engagement-party


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IV.

Differencesbetween

book & film


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Jess and Pinkysreconciliation isnt

shown in the film

Theres more

information about

David Beckham in

the book

Pinky is pregnant at

the end of the film

Joe is playing cricket

with Jess father

Switching scenes from

football pitch toPinkys wedding

reception


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V.Indian Customs


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Indian Gods Shiva: Shiva is the god of Destruction. He is also the god of Dance.

It is said that he danced the world into creation.

Vishnu: Vishnu is thought to be the supreme god. It is said that whenthe world is in danger, he would come to earth in different form.

Brahma: Brahma is said to have created the world .He has four heads and four arms.It is said that everything is born of Brahma and his wife.

Lakshmi: Lakshmi is the wife of Vishnu and is the god of moneyand future. She sits on a lotus flower.


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Indian Religion83% Hindu11% Muslim

3% Christian

2% Sikh

< 1% Buddhist5% Jain


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LanguagesOfficial languages: Hindi and English

Hindi including its associated languages and dialects

accounting for 84% of the population while English is

used for national , political and commercial purposes.

1600 languages and dialects are spoken

15 languages constitutionally recognized.


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Indian clothesIndian clothes are very colourful.

Each state has its own special costumes.Women traditionally wear Saris, Salwar khameezand Ghagra choli, but they also wear western stylessuch as skirts , dresses and pants.

Men have their traditional costumes as well, but nowmost wear a light skirt and pants just as in westerncountries.


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Indian FoodMost Indian cuisines are related by similar usage of spices. Often,

Indian cooking is distinguished by the use of a larger variety ofvegetables than many other well-known cuisines. Within theserecognizable similarities, there is an enormous variety of local styles.

In the north and the west, Kashmiri and Mughlai cuisines show strongcentral Asian influences. Through the medium of Mughlai food, thisinfluence has propagated into many regional kitchens. To the east, theBengali and Assamese styles shade off into the cuisines of East Asia


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Arranged MarriagesAn arranged marriage is a marriage where themarital partners are chosen by others based onconsiderations other than the preexisting mutualattraction of the partners.

This habit has been very common in noblefamilies, especially in reigning ones, at the scopeof combining and perhaps enforcing therespective strengths of the original families of thespouses.

A relevant part of history has been influenced bythese unions.


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VI.Bollywood


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Bollywood

Bollywood is the informalname given to the filmindustry in India.

The word Bollywood wascreated by blending Bombayand Hollywood.

In 1899 the first Indianfilm was screened.


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Film music is called filmi. The dancing in Bollywood films is

primarily modeled on Indian dance. Indians film industry is the

biggest in the world.


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Famous films are: Monsoon Wedding, Brideand Prejudice, Lagaan, Veer - Zaara


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Well- known filmstars are: Shak RukhKhan, Parminder Nagra, Om Puri


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VII.The authoress


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Narinder DhamiBorn in Wolverhampton in 1958.Graduating from Birmingham UniversityTeaching at schools in the East End of LondonLeaving the profession to write full-time.Hundreds of photo-stories in teenage magazinesFirst children's book, A Medal for Melina, published in 1990.Lives in Cambridge with her husband and their four cats.
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VIII.Mia Hamm


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1999 Women's World Cup: championin front of 40 million viewers

Over 650,000 tickets

Youngest player ever to play for her National Team(age 15)


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Recognized as the world's best all-aroundwomen's soccer player.

Atlanta,1996: Centennial Olympic Games Gold

Never in history had so many spectators comeout to watch a women's sporting event.


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US Soccer's Female Athlete ofthe year five consecutive

years. That's been Michael Jordan,

in basketball, and in someways Mia Hamm in women's

soccer and Tiger Woods ingolf."

In April of 1999, Nike namedthe largest building on itscorporate campus after Mia.


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IX.David Beckham


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He was born on 2nd May 1975

The most famous football player on earth

He married Victoria Adams. Three children: Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.

June 2003 he went to Real Madrid and now he playswith football stars like Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figoand Ronaldo in the same team

David Beckham is almost as famous for hishaircuts as for his football
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X.POSTERS


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Culture Clash


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Differences


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Family Tradition


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India


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Indian Food


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Indian Customs


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Racial Discrimination


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