What can we learn from the 7up Series?

I felt the seven up series were interesting and intriguing to watch, also to see where their lives started out at and how they carried them out. Watching the decisions that they made at a young age or even at an older age and to see how them decisions effected their lives further on into their lives. I do think most of the situations they were put in most likely we wont have to come across apart from divorce, death of family, money issues and illness. Times have changed a bit since then, us women are more independent today to make our own decisions & we now have a wider choice of career paths.

We can learn from the series by seeing how the situations can relate to our lives it may not be spot on same situation but we can still view their attitudes whether good or bad and apply it to our lives as a lesson. Jesus lived in a different time but still we can look to the characters in the bible and learn from their mistakes and achievements. The characters in the 7up series were not perfect or always picked the right choices but it was interesting watching their reflections on their decisions.

I am not sure whether i could relate to specifically to one of the characters they all had different morals, values and beliefs than me, apart from bruce who was also a christian and shared some interests the same like missionary work. I thought Bruce was very wise some of the things he said he knew what he was talking and i was filled with understanding of life especially compared to the other 7up characters i thought Bruce was the smartest. Some of the girls were keen on family as same with me someday but some i didnot really agree with how they went about it, for example Susan said marriage and children fitted together for her but i wasn't quite sure what she meant by this as if she married just for kids and left the love side of it out?

The character i least related to least was Nicholas because he was grown up very isolated from society but always had an intelligence but i admire that about him and that he pulled out his dreams in front of him and pursued them successfully. I did not relate to Neil alot either i felt that he separated himself from society a bit. He seemed like a great guy but i think in the while he was trying to find himself he lost his ways and bubbly personality. I was happy for him when he moved back to London and grew in more a community, you could already see how much it had affected him for the better. I learnt from him to go for my dreams and what i believe in because even you can make the unthinkable happen.

I learnt from the characters to choose my life partner wisely, all the characters who married in this series had been changes better or for worse depending on the person they married and the circumstances that they married.
It showed me to try my hardest in life and follow God in all i do because he know the plans for me and can prepare for everything that life may bring.

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Character Study- Jackie

Jackie was a sweet girl at 7, thought of others before herself but as she grew older i felt she lost most of it. At the age of 7 she had a strong interest in family, keen about marriage and i felt she had good understanding for a girl at age 7 from some of the comments she made. When she got married at 19 it wasnt so much of a shock but i dont think she felt very stable and confident in the relationship itself and didnt recommend to other getting married at 19. As she grew older her passion for a family died down i thought this was a bit sad especially because her excuse was selfishness but she had two children anyway and divorced her husband. I think Jackie rushed into marriage to quickly for the thrill of "being married" but relationships like that never last. Jackies personality to me changed alot since she was little from being very caring to snappy but she acknowledges it which i thought was good.

Character Study- Neil

When Neil was first shown he was a bubbly young boy who had a broad imagination and a bit of dreamer. At 7 years old he was already a deep thinker but said a few questionable things which showed when he was older. As he grew up a change in character was noticable he seemed more serious, less imaginative and more simpler personality which was a quite significant change since 7up. At the age of 21 he was already struggling financially and finding it hard seeking a job, he seemed to be a bit depressed with his life and relied mostly on government support. By the time he was 28 he was traveling around Scotland finding place to stay still looking to government for shelter and food. I thought Neil was a strange character especially when he claimed he thought he was going mad, i think his thoughts were turning him mad and he was a bit lonely. I also think he made himself feel a bit secluded from society which made him feel a bit crazy. I think as he grew older and moved to different place where they had more community he started to feel acceptable and his confidence grew a tiny bit, especially when he moved back to London and was working in politics he stated himself that she was even shocked but how far he had come. I am quite happy for Neil because he seems like he is comfortable at where his life is and he has more self confidence in himself.

Character Study-Suzi

The first time i saw Suzi at the age of seven she gave off the impression of the typical stereotype of rich girl. She had grown up with wealthy parents & thought only what they thought. I felt that at 7 she didnt have much uniqueness or originallity to her character, i felt that she wasnt being herself just what her parents wanted her to be. As she grew older though more character was building on she lived her own life and made her own mistakes but learnt from them, and didnt care about living up to the expectations of her parents. Many of her morals and views on life had changed by the time she was 28 , example at the age of seven she wanted kids but like herself wanted them to be cared by a nanny aswell. At the age of 21 her parents divorced after this she did not even want to think about marriage or kids from her own experience, but at 28 years of age she was married happily and had kids which was really good to see! She looks after her children herself and didnt hire a nanny to. Her relationship with her husband seemed healthy, i think that he is good for her and she needed a guy to open her eyes a bit more before hand i think she was a bit stubborn.