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This blog will be used in the spring of 2008 by 80+ students at Drexel University to investigate the effects of Iraq on culture and the reverse. Our goal will be to better understand why the US is in Iraq, and to question whether literature can help us on this journey.

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Sunday, April 13, 2008

Matilda

After reading the articles on "Scream" and how ultimately it is the mother to blame for her own demise my thoughts wondered to other movies that fit that idea. One that in a way relates to that theory and to society is Matilda. 

Matilda is a story about a little girl that has either been ignored or yelled at by the people who are supposed to love her more than anyone on this planet. Matilda is a very intelligent girl and soon learns that she can use the anger of her parents thrown upon her to possess a higher power, telekinesis. Matilda uses her powers for good and to better her life. As for her parents, they end up having to flew from the FBI.

I feel like you can relate this to the real world and society because you hear countless stories of people rising above the struggles they have been handed and making a better life for themselves or achieving something extraordinary. Too many kids are not given the proper care or love and many fall through the cracks but there are those few amazing people that turn around their lives and the story of Matilda is one of them.

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