Steel Magnolias Character Analysis

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Steel Magnolias is the story of a close circle of friends whose lives come together. It starts out with a wedding that Shelby Field and Dylan McDermott were having but Shelby 's mom is scared to death that Shelby may have a baby because if she does have a baby she could die because of this disease that she was born with.The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is about a group of women that form a friendship club in which the members call themselves Ya-Yas. It is a story about a mother and daughter and the healing of old wounds. The League of Their Own movie focuses on two sisters, Dottie and Kit, who work on a farm and play baseball for fun. Dottie is older, prettier, and is a natural at baseball and Kit really wants to be like her sister, she is not as good as her sister.
Every movie we watched all the women are very close even though some of them are not family. In the movie Steel Magnolias the women are close and are always there for each other and support each other even though some of them are friends and not family. For example, the women would all get together at Truvy 's salon and talk about how their life is going and discuss each other 's problems and the women would give their opinions. The women valued their friendship and companionship along with the support they provided for each other while coming together at Truvy 's salon on a regular basis. The themes of this film are life and death, as well as faith. This can be seen in the woman 's friendship. Their