“You didn’t make good choices. You had good choices.” – Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere First Look: Meet Mia Warren & Elena ...

“You didn’t make good choices. You had good choices.”
Write a personal response to this section of clip 2 on slide 61. You don’t need to just talk about Little Fires. Zoom out and consider our society, the events of the past couple of weeks, and anything else you want to address.

I agree with what Mia has said in this movie clip. Some people need to create choices, while others already have choices created for them. For the privileged, they have the resources and materials they need to make choices, for example, whether they want an iPhone or Samsung is a choice for the privileged because they can afford both. However, for some people, they have to earn money to create these choices for them. The same applies to the scene in Shaker Heights. For Mia and Bebe, they do not have the same privilege as Linda and Elena, Mia and Bebe have to take multiple works and work for countless hours in order for them to sustain their living and the health and wellbeing of their children. On the other hand, Linda and Elena have those already, they are rich, they live in a bigger house, they are able to give their child a good education because they can afford them… These scenarios clearly exist in our communities as well, where some people are privileged enough to choose whatever they what, while others need to work hard to get those options for themselves and their families.

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