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**What you hear: What are the characters saying? How are they saying it?** || **3. Discuss the over dynamics of the family. What/ who makes up the family? What does each person’s role seem to be?** || media type="youtube" key="cNkp4QF3we8" width="425" height="350"1. I feel this reflects the current idea of the American family. The children of the family are attention-seeking and always trying to get their way, and the parents are easily annoyed and sometimes ignore their children. 2. They're dressed in bright, modern clothes. The mother and son are present, the son is trying to get the mother's attention and is repeatedly calling her. The mother answers angrily, she's very annoyed and the son just wanted to say hi. 3. In this clip the family is made up of the mother and son, the mother is the one the son goes to when he needs or wants something. media type="youtube" key="yQivxKpyDIU" width="425" height="350" 1. This reflects the past American family, the parents and children are closer and want the best for each other. 2. They're dressed relatively formal, in dull colors with designs, very retro. The father, son and mother are present, the father is telling the mother his opinion about parental responsibility. He sounds firm and serious, and the mother sounds distressed, like she doesn't know what to do. 3. The father, mother and son are in this clip. The father is the authority in the house, and the mother is the second authority. The son has to do what they say, and he does. They're not dysfunctional, they do communicate and are close as a family.
 * **1. Why did you select this clip? Do you believe this reflects the idea of the American Family in the country’s past? Or, is this a current reflection?** || **2. What you see: How are they dressed? Who is present? What are the circumstances?**

media type="youtube" key="e8At19asNtM" width="425" height="350"This clip is a representation of the past American Family. The parents are close, but sometimes struggle to cheer each other up. 2. The father is dressed formal, and the mother is wearing a nightgown. The father and mother are present, and the father firmly tells the mother to get out of bed and shape up. The mother yells at him to get out, she is obviously upset, and the father did not help. 3. The father and mother are in this clip. The father seems to be the most stable, and is the leader. The mother seems easily upset, but still retains authority. The overall leadership of the family appears equally divided, depending on the situation, between mother and father. media type="youtube" key="hBe0VCso0qs" width="425" height="350"1. This clip reflects the current American Family. It shows the way that the youth is less connected to their home and family, a kid could be sent away to live somewhere else and sometimes be glad to get away. 2. They are dressed very loosely and in sports clothes because they're playing basketball. They're also in a bad neighborhood, and the son is talking about his mom sending him away to live with his aunt and uncle. He doesn't seem very upset to be leaving home, and is actually excited to live somewhere else. He says "Yo home, smell ya later!" 3. The family in this clip is made up of the mother and son. They do not seem to have a very strong relationship, and it seems as though the son simply does what he's told without caring about it.