... and do vary from one family to the next. Some of the basic family values are, education, individualism, religion, and freedom. Education is highly valued in American culture; children are told when they are very young that education is the key to future success in life. Without education one could not do or have what one wants. Individualism is also taught at an early ... death. Discipline occurs all the time, a ticket disciplines speeding, teenagers breaking house rules are disciplined by being grounded. For as many different rules there are as many different disciplinary actions. Educ...

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... that Clueless is a "dumbing down" of Emma, reducing a timeless classic to a degrading, superficial and hardly distinguishable adaptation, taking away from it's historical, cultural and social significance. I feel that Heckerling has turned this classic into not only a multi layered social and cultural commentary in relation to our context but has added an extra dimension by using film as her text base. During Austen's day ... film was non-existent and the written word was the only form of text. It was a time where compulsory education wasn't present and books were expensive to purchase ...

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