Throughout the movie, Star Maps, many ideas about family values, machismo
among the males, and patriarchy passed on through generations are easily observed.
They begin with simple, common, stereotypical ideologies such as having the family eat
dinner together, or by having the father stress the fact that he "brings home the bacon".
These ideas later progress into more complicated, as well as disturbing matters. The
movie expresses these ideas by having the father hurt women physically or by
displaying violence and disrespect to those that you are "supposed" to love.
The first idea about family that I recognized was when the family sits down and
eats dinner together. This scene is towards the beginning which made me believe that
they were similar to other families and that there wasn't that much tension between
them. Another issue that kept constant throughout the movie was the strong bond
between Maria and Carlos. They always supported each others dreams, had good
communication and would try to give each other advice. A good example of this was
when Carlos got back from Mexico and Maria told him not to go to work with his dad.
Instead, she told him that he should pursue his acting career alone. The last family
value that was present was how Maria, the daughter took over her mothers role.
Because the mother was sick Maria became completely responsible for everyone else.
She had to put her life aside in order to cook dinner, clean the house, take care of her
mom, and try to keep the family together. It seemed as if Maria didn't do it no one else
would. Especially not her father, he was too busy being with his girlfriend and making
This leads me to the ideas of machismo that are also present in the movie. The
father's character is the best example that displays these two ideas the best. He
always has to be in charge and he also sees women a...