Analysis

Movie: Matilda

Team: José Gaspar Bautista Colín

Juan Francisco Becerril Vega

Wendy González González

Daniela Rayón Valentín

Etna Amanda Vega Aguilar

Neftali Velazquez Vega

Pedagogy: Saturday

Teacher: Arana Rivera Ana Lucia

Subject: Educational Psychology

From an educational standpoint in this movie, we can perceive that there exists a
very behaviorist educational model because, in the school of Director Troncha Toro
there are certain rules, and it seeks to correct the behaviors of children which
she thinks they are inappropriate. However, an act can also be observed
educational between Miss Honey and the students that in turn forms a triangle
didactic, as it shows the subtle and loving way in which they are taught to
the students. Later in Matilda's family, a great lack of
educational values, as parents really are not interested in education of
his daughter, only caring about money, they think that reading books is just a waste
over time. We also realize Matilda's super intelligence despite
of her young age, and it is not only her intelligence but also her enthusiasm and her
desire to continue studying and wanting to know more about the world around them, despite
of their situation in their environment.

The movie begins with a newborn girl named Matilda, who has a
very neglectful parents as they do not attend to her as they should; the mother is
a woman who likes betting, while the father is dedicated to
selling stolen and damaged cars, and he also has a rude brother with
she.

As time passed, Matilda began to grow, and by the age of four she already
she was a self-sufficient girl, as she already knew how to manage on her own and also
making oneself something to eat; and well, that could very well have been thanks to her parents.

they left her alone every day, and she had to find a way to be
independent. Little by little, Matilda began to take an interest in reading,
reading all the magazines that were in the house and later
asking his father to buy him a book, to which he refused, then
Matilda decided to get books on her own by going to the library every time she
They left her alone. Thus, by the age of six, Matilda had already read
a lot and I wanted to go to school, because besides learning, I also wanted to do
friends; however, her parents did not want to enroll her in any school. So
One day Matilda decided to punish her father for the way he treated her,
changing the liquid she used to style her hair for something else without anyone noticing
Viera, causing her to change her hair color and also receive mockery.
of his wife and son. Another day the father takes Matilda and his other son to his work and
it shows the art of scamming people by selling stolen and damaged cars
state, to which Matilda says that this should not be done since the
people pay for a car trusting that it will be in good condition,
but her father does not pay attention to what Matilda decides to punish him again, this
he kept putting glue on his hat, causing it to stick to him.
on the head and made a fool of themselves in a restaurant trying to take it off
hat. Later they take the hat off his head by cutting it and for
they start watching television, but Matilda is reading a book and
adding that the father was angry about what had happened to him, he takes it away and
proceed to break it, causing Matilda's anger and destroying the television for
the power of her eyes, and every innocent says she hadn't done it, and for
For the first time in the whole movie, the father uses logic and confirms that she does not.

I could do it since I wasn't near the television.

Later, Matilda's father sells a car to the principal of a school.

old and ugly building, becomes very happy because what he wanted so much was fulfilled.
Later Tronchatoro makes his appearance intimidating all the children, and
scolding them for things that don't make sense (but are funny), to which
Matilda gets scared and goes to hide, thus meeting two girls who explain to her
what Tronchatoro does and how he punishes children, throwing them out of the
window, or putting them in a room that has nails on the walls. In that
At that moment, Matilda sees how the director approaches a blonde girl and scolds her for...
she has braids and she tells her that her mom did them because they look very beautiful, to the

that Tronchatoro tells him that his mommy is silly, and he gets so upset that he continues.
questioning that she grabs her by the braids and throws her. After that
event the children start classes and Matilda meets her teacher who is
Miss Miel is a very adorable woman who loves children. Teaching her class,
She discovers that Matilda is very intelligent and goes to the principal to tell her about her

abilities and that they should put her in a more advanced group, however,
Tronchatoro refuses to change her group, as he believes that the teacher only wants
Get rid of her.

At the end of classes, Matilda is going to tell her mom how it went for her, but to
She didn't care about talking on the phone. That same day in the afternoon, she...
Matilda's teacher is going to visit them to talk to her parents, but ever since she arrives
The father thinks that she did something wrong and punishes her, but Miss Honey explains to them.

that he did nothing wrong, that the reason for his visit is to tell you about the great

potential of her daughter, who has read books that she read until going to university, to
that the father comments that he did not get there, and the mother tells him that she did
she has a lovely house and a wonderful husband; while the teacher
is stuck teaching snotty children the ABC.

The next day at school, the principal calls all the children to speak to him.
ask one of them to come up on stage, as apparently he was thinking of punishing him
because he ate a slice of your cake, and as a punishment they bring him a cake
whole to be eaten and the cook was literally disgusting, but Matilda and
the other kids start cheering for him to eat the cake, and to the
doing it the director gets even angrier and ends up breaking the tray in the
head. That same day Matilda returns home and sees that there are some police officers.

undercover right outside his house, as they are investigating his father
for the stolen cars, however, when Matilda tells this to her parents they
they don't believe him.

Another day, Tronchatoro realized that Matilda's father had scammed her because
the car he sold her broke down very quickly, and he decides to punish Matilda for
putting her in the room with nails. Subsequently, the director heads to the classroom.
Miss Miel, noticing that Matilda was not in her class, took the opportunity to
Tronchatoro was not in his office and is going to rescue Matilda; when he takes her to the living room
the director does not notice that she was there and not in the room where she left her,
he proceeds to pour himself a glass of water, but a girl threw a lizard in it and everyone
the children start to laugh until the principal realizes the animal and
he immediately screams that it's a snake. He quickly blames
Matilda for what happened, to which Miss Honey defends her by saying that she couldn't.
he had been put since he had just arrived, but this doesn't matter to Tronchatoro and
she continues to blame her, to which Matilda gets angry and focuses with her gaze
spilling the glass and likewise that the animal climbs back onto him
director. At the end of the classes, Miss Honey invites Matilda to her house, and in the process

She knows the house of the director, to which the teacher stops and tells Matilda.
that Tronchatoro is her aunt, and that she took care of her since she was little because her

parents passed away, but who was always very mean to her, and as she grew up, she left
his house leaving behind several valuable things with Tronchatoro, such as a
doll and photographs, and that she can no longer go for them because the director already
she won't let her in, to which Matilda proposes to go recover those objects. And right
Tronchatoro was going out, and even then they discover that he is afraid of cats.
blacks, and their fear was so great that he kicked one away.
embargo, the director's car breaks down again a few meters from the
house, so she decides to return. Matilda and the teacher realize that the principal
he returned, so they decide to hide, at that moment Tronchatoro discovers that
some things are out of place, so he decides to go in search of the intruders,
But Matilda and the teacher manage to sneak away and escape without her seeing them.
Then Matilda returns home and there were the police who were
investigating her father, talking to her mother; to which Matilda tells her that they are
police but his mother doesn't pay attention to him. After that, he starts to practice with

his powers until he manages to control them completely. That same day by the
In the afternoon, Matilda sees how the police who are watching her dad enter their house to
taking evidence of several stolen items, and tells them that they cannot be there without
a command, but being just a girl, they decide to ignore her. For her part, Matilda
begins to use his powers to annoy them and thus make those men
they were out of there, and thus give more time to his dad to change and no longer steal
things neither tricks people. At night, Matilda decides to go back to the house
from the director to recover the teacher's doll, and in doing so, begins to
to torment Tronchatoro with his powers, but when trying to escape, he got stuck.
caught ribbon that he didn't notice, but before leaving completely, it steals from him
two chocolates for the principal to later give one to the teacher, and with
This is your doll. When the principal arrives at the school, she tells Miss Miel that she will give
your class this time, and before she arrived in the classroom, they gathered all the colorful things to

avoid problems with Tronchatoro, and Matilda takes advantage of the fact that the two are alone

to talk to the teacher about her powers, about how that time she did spill
that glass over the principal, but the teacher doesn't seem very convinced, to which
Matilda shows her powers to prove to him that she wasn't lying.
At that moment, Tronchatoro arrives in the classroom and orders the children to line up.

a line in front of her, questioning about that red ribbon, and when she finds out
who was, was going to punish him cruelly. At that moment the teacher decides
interpose to defend the children, so Tronchatoro gets angry and tries
Unfortunately, the teacher defends herself and tells him that she is no longer a child. At
moment, Matilda uses her powers to move a piece of chalk that was on the
blackboard and starts writing on it, pretending to be the ghost of the father of the
Teacher, and upon seeing this, Tronchatoro is terrified, as it seems he had something to do with it.

With the passing of the teacher's father, and she really believes it is the ghost.
Then Matilda continues to make use of her powers, but this time to throw at him.
things to the principal and throw it to the floor, and since it was really something very serious, everyone

they approach to see the principal, but she quickly stands up and throws a
child through the window, but Matilda helps him with her powers and instead of being a
traumatic moment for the child, it becomes a very fun moment and in
change, manages to weaken the director. After this, they begin to throw at her
food and the whole school joins the cause, managing to scare off the principal so that
never came back (nor did he return home). Several days passed, and now Miss
Miel has become the new principal of the school and also now lives in
the house where Tronchatoro lived, and now she is a very good friend of Matilda and even
they were having tea at her house. Finally, Miss Miel's father arrives home.
of Matilda for her, for they were already pursuing him for his thefts and frauds, and
they were trying to escape the city. But Matilda didn't want to go with them, and she asks the
teacher who adopted her, and conveniently had adoption papers that her
father did not hesitate to sign, thus making Matilda the new daughter of Miss
Honey, and they lived happily ever after, and Matilda never used her powers again.