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I don't understand the daughter's actions


Why did she become so rebellious?

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The implication is that she couldn't stand being the daughter of a beauty queen and a sports star. She saw them both as superficial and shallow. The stuttering was also a manifestation of her feelings of inadequacy in comparison to her parents. They repulsed her yet she also felt inadequate compared to them. When she became a Jain her stuttering stopped. In the end, she regretted her actions and became non-violent.

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Well they could have done a better job of showing that in the movie. Just because the therapist claimed this doesn't convince me. She had her own agenda for everything.

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