my big fat greek wedding
... family, she just lets Gus think that he does. At one point in the film she made this very clear by stating “Your father is the head of the family but I am the neck, and the neck can make the head turn anyway it wants.” This is very similar to my mother, although she loves and respects her husband my mother sets the rules and controls most of the issues of the household. Maria just like my very own mother is very independent and neither my mother nor Maria could be characterized as passive. My mother almost always likes to take situations into her very own hands and most often than not must be in control. Maria closely identifies with Toula as my mother relates to me. Throughout the Movie it is evident that Toula shares a special relationship with her mother that she cannot quite achieve with her father just because of the fact that her father is too stubborn to hear her out.Maria manipulates and deceives Gus into letting Toula work for Aunt Voula, although it was Maria’s idea she keeps Gus pacified by letting him think he came up with the idea. This reminds me of my mother because she is always on my side ready to help me achieve my goals even if it means bending the rules or pulling some strings with her husband. Maria is very understanding and compassionate, opinionated as she may be, she puts herself aside to gain insight into her daughters life. Although Maria also agrees with her family about the Greek tradition of marrying ones own kind, she sympathizes with her daughter. Maria unlike Gus realizes that she must let Toula live her own life and make ...