Sisters, a Reflection of Families

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Public perception of families
Sister is a television series of Australia created by Jonathan Gavin and Imogen Banks.
It was showed in Network ten in 2017 October. It was launched as an original series of
Netflix. The story talks about Julia Bechly and her life. The target audience was women
between the age of 18 to 54. The premiere did not record in the first night of its release. The
series although had the capacity to do great with the service of Ten’s catch-up service. This
show was recommended to the friends. The story depicts the life of Julia (Maria Angelico)
who is a 30 years old daughter of Noble prizewinner Julius Bechly (Barry Otto) in IVF. Her
life was focused on the health of her father that was deteriorating every day. She proved
herself to be a brilliant daughter over and over again. The media portrays the father daughter
relationship of Julia and her father Julius that turned into a chaotic circumstance. Julius made
a deathbed revelation to the media that he helps couple to become pregnant by frequently
donating sperm to the couples (YouTube, 2019). The media ensures the controversy between
Julia and her father. Julia’s throwing a party soon after the revelation for her half siblings to
know them was out of doubt and hope. The media focused on the main three characters,
which was Julia and her two sisters. This clearly depicts the strong bond of the sisters in time
of good and bad. This series shows the wonderful relationship of Roxy with her mother
which started to strengthen after the revelation. Julius awkwardness with his daughters grew
but he found a great dynamic with the daughters. All the three sisters lived a messy life after
their father’s revelation. Meanwhile, the drama between Julia and Edie on the fact that Dr.
Bechly had all the pictures of his sired children whereas Julia was unaware of the inception
and nature of the relationship they shared. Media on the other hand also portrayed the
entertainment value of the family along with drama. Julia in search of love accidently slept
with one of the brothers before anyone could know the story of her father. Soon after the

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news hit her office, she was fired from the job. This shows a sense of hatred in Julia towards
her father. The bonding between the sisters also depicted a sense of chaos and uncomfortable
situation in the family.
Impact of the media and family module
The themes in all the sisters depicted the ideas of family and love. The portrayal of
the story of the family by the media was confusing and contradictory. The sisters explored
various topics on family, motherhood, fatherhood which talks about Reality versus what the
sister wanted it to be. Media also shows the characters of the stereotypical and trope. They
evolved as individuals than a family after the drama became intense. Each family is uniquely
building up a home with a team of people who invests in helping the members of the family
to achieve the necessary change. The task is to figure out which team player is in your
support in the team; In this case, Julia was finding it difficult to understand her family
scenario and the awkward equations with her father and her sisters. Julia and her family in in
the ‘greatest impact’ module. In this stage and time of the family, the bad effects of a
situation or circumstances are observed. Each member of the family is under the great impact
of the revelations. Julia and her life shook up as the impact was the most on her. She could
not believe the lies she had been told all her life. This situation can be overcome by giving
more love and attention to the family. The mother and the father of these kind of children
should be more careful in bringing up the child by making them know the realities. Media has
impacted the lives of the character in various ways. The depiction of the series from media;s
point of view gave a vividly experience of the family confusion of Julie.