Maria Full of Grace is a pretty good movie, for me so far its my favorite. You get a really insightful view of this poor girls experiences and the hard decisions she has to make. But the living conditions are a lot different compared to most of the United States. There in Colombia they live in crowded homes. All the roads are basically just dirt. Another big difference between Colombian and American culture is the jobs and job opportunities. You have a varity of job options in America. All different difficulty levels and all different salary options. But from what i saw from the movie the jobs in Colombia, first of all there didnt seem to be many. And what was avalible wasnt a very good paying job or was a very common job. And Maria's job working in that flower factory she wasnt treated very well. She had to go to the bathroom but you have to raise your hand and ask to go. And then the man didnt let her and she threw up on some flowers, and instead of having her go home and get better. He made her clean off the flowers she threw up on and still use them and then keep working until her share of the days work was done. Whereas here in America most jobs would send you home and not force you to keep working. So there are a lot of differences between American and Colombian culture.
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