Comparing Steel Magnolias And My Girl

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Steel Magnolias and My Girl are both classified as dramas. In both movies, the characters lose someone very dear to them. My Girl stars two young children who are the bestest of friends. Steel Magnolias stars a mother, her friends and her daughter who has severe diabetes. In Steel Magnolias, M’lynn Eatenton’s daughter, Shelby Eatenton has severe diabetes. She had just gotten married. Her and her husband wanted to have a child. M’lynn tried to make Shebly understand that bearing a child and giving birth could be fatal to her and the child. Shelby did not listen and became pregnant. Throughout the pregnancy Shelby was like a warrior. She gave birth and started to become weaker. Two years after giving birth to her son, she clasped in while