Paralells In My Brilliant Career

Term Paper Title	Paralells In My Brilliant Career
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Paralells in My Brilliant Career

     Ray Romeo
     Film as Lit.
     Strojan and Ward

     Obtaining ones goals in life is not an easy task.  There are many obstacles
that can prohibit one from doing so.  What separates the weak from the strong?
The ability to overcome the obstacles and reach your goal.  This was most
evident in the movie, My Briiliant Career, it is a stunning example of how one
can go through trials and tribulations and still be successful.  The parallel
between the movie, reality, and Australian history is very clear in this film.
     In the movie we meet a young lady by the name of Sevilla.  Her dream is
to write a novel. Unfortunately that is not conducive to the goal of her parents.
So her parents tell her she can move in with her grandmother.  This works to
Sevillas advantage because her grandmother appreciates art and the beauty of
such talents.  This is the first triumph that we witness, but as we know there
is always some other adversity to overcome. That is what we do , we travel with
her through her life and experience the joys and pains that she experiences.
While on this journey we find out some important things about our leading lady.
First we discover that she is a woman with a mission and that she will go
through any length to get it.  We also find out that love is very important to
her. for example she has a man that is courting her and is a womans dream.  He
is handsome and rich, also has a good family name.  In fact her grandmother who
is very important person in her life tells her that she should accept his love.
Instead she rejects it, and tells her grandmother that she does not love Frank.
From this point we find out she is a feminist with very strong views.  She has a
need to feel independent and feels that women don't need men for anything at all.
       Then she meets Harry and to her surprise  falls in love with him.  She
does not act on this love in fact, she rejects it.  He wants to marry her and
she tells him to wait, come back in 2 years and then see what happens.  Just as
she makes this decision her family feels it is time to start having a little
responsibility.  The send her off to work in a house taking care of children.
Once again it is like an obstacle thrown in her way, but, she overcomes it and
still continues to write.  ...

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