...Thelma and Louise: English essay Freedom. What are we prepared to do, to obtain such a fluid and elusive notion, will we have the courage? Do we already possess it? Are we trapped in it? Or must we kill ourselves to achieve it? – In the case of Thelma and Louise, the last option was to be the culmination of their spirited journey towards the upheaval of their notions of inner-peace and freedom. At first Thelma and Louise are trapped in peace, living in a democratic world, no wars, and no worries with only the chains of submission in a modern world to hold them back. Both tired of mediocrity, they set on a journey to free themselves from their lives, one more than the other. Through this journey Thelma and Louise discover what happens, when the pre-mentioned chains are broken, one thrills, the other chills, as Louise discover that the life she’s been running from, actually was what held her content and comfortable, and while Thelma on the other hand, for the first time in her life she allowed her lungs to breathe at full capacity. Thelma and Louise, as the bunch from Sam North’s novel “The road movie” set out on the road to find redemption, for the lives they’ve been living. “Thelma and Louise” is a classic road trip movie directed by Ridley Scott, a director well-known for his ability to create a movie with one scene, looking with interest in Thelma and Louise’s changes, two clips springs to mind, one who showcases Thelma’s rise and one which counter like-wise showcases...
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...Thelma & Louise It’s been twenty years since the film Thelma & Louise swept up the ‘best original screenplay’ award from the 1991 Oscars, leaving in its tracks many inspired and encouraged women. Though we as a society of progressive minded individuals are far ahead of the days where burning bras and shaving heads seemed to be the only way to get recognition for the feminist movement, in the past twenty years have we progressed from where the movie led us to believe the women’s movement had left off? Today I’ve asked to interview both ‘Thelma’ and ‘Louise’ to see what their thought on this matter are. What do you have to say to people who still believe this to be an anti-male movie? Louise: It would surprise and amaze me to think that people still believe Thelma & Louise had an anti-male statement after twenty years. I think a lot has been learned and put to use in the past years about what a healthy relationship looks like and the importance of self-esteem in a young woman’s life. If that is an anti-male idea then we regressed far past the days of bra burning, even past the days of woman’s suffrage back to the middle ages where women were traded for cattle. Well what about the people that see it as a revenge movie as opposed to a feminist story? Louise: I don’t think it is either. The movie shed light on a sensitive subject and the idea that some women are afraid to go to the authorities because they don’t see any justice there. Yes these women took the...
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...Gender Stereotyping Thelma and Louise, a contemporary “road film” directed by Ridley Scott, can be viewed as a literary structure use to highlight the struggle of female characters by signifying different ways a relationship of uniformity amongst two distinctive women could influence the one to endeavor some personality traits of the other. Furthermore, Thelma and Louise display much emphasis upon the relationship female characters establishes in admired films while fluctuating the overall meaning of gender individuality. By portraying women as housewives and waitresses, this controversial film, reinforce gender stereotyping to emphasize the struggles women had in the nineties to escape the restrains enforced in their normal lives in order to find freedom. This film reinforces gender stereotyping by characterizing Thelma and Louise as two women who are viewed, by men, as being defenseless and submissive; however, Thelma and Louise later became resilient and unyielding. In an article written by Gilpatric stated that “female characters were more likely to be romantic, domestic, sensitive, and manipulative, and male characters were more likely to be competitive, athletic, aggressive, and risk-taking.”(p. 324). However, this film contradicts this statement having that it shows Thelma and Louise in masculine roles while portraying male characteristics in scenes such as Thelma robbing the convenience store: Thelma: Good morning everybody, this is a robbery. Now if nobody loses...
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...things like being able to find job once you had gotten fired or dealing with the fact that life was hard and that you had to work really hard to get out from up under the pressures of growing up poor. This show showed the true struggles of a family of this time period, for instance there was a show that showed the Evan’s family struggling to come up with the rent that was only seventy-four dollars. So the family comes up with many different avenues to come up with the money. James the father, decided to go out and hustle for the rest of the money by playing pool. Florida the mother decided to go down to the welfare office to sign up for welfare but was denied because James made to much money. The kids; JJ, Thelma and Michael coming up with an idea that involved Thelma being homeless and in need of money so people would give her money. Things like this set this family so far apart from the Cosby’s. The Huxtable’s were the direct opposite of the Evan’s family; they were an affluent family in an...
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...Summary Drexler’s Bar-B-Que, a family run business that has been in existence for over 60 years, it has always been run by a member of the family. Drexler’s Bar-B-Que is truly a perfect example of a family run business. From the matriarch of the family Eunice Scott a current co-owner, Scott Drexler the meat preparer and also co-owner and Virginia Scott the sister and front office manager; the other employees who are all from the neighborhood all come together as a unit to form the life line of this family business. This restaurant is truly a treasure because not only does it serve good food, but they have managed to bring to this poorer neighborhood more business from other parts of Houston. The company’s culture is seen clearly in its principles and values by aggressively seek out opportunities to help others in the community. What role do values play in how Drexler’s Bar-B-Que interacts with its neighbors and customers? Values play an enormous role in how Drexler’s Bar-B-Que interacts with its neighbors and customers. According to the text, “the family believes that a business is obligated to aggressively seek out opportunities to help others.” This can be seen in how the family business has made it a point to give back to the community. Not only have they sponsored a softball team and local boys scout troop, they have been involved with giving neighborhood kids the opportunity to go camping and visiting local amusement parks. These neighborhood kids and customers...
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...Response to the article “Geena Davis: ‘After Thelma and Louise” People nowadays do not really care if the main character of a movie is a woman or a man, or if the most characters in the movie are men. The gender distribution does not affect how interesting the movie is to the one who watches the movie. There are certain roles in movies which best suits a man and other roles which suits a woman. As a child I never really focused on which gender is most prevalent in the film industry, I simply watched the movies because they were interesting. I remember the likes of Tomb Raider and King Kong in which the main character was a woman. In the article “Geena Davis, After Thelma and Louise”, Elizabeth Day talks about how few women are in the film...
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...The movie “Thelma and Louise” is based on two friends taking a vacation for a few days to get away from every day social regulations. Thelma’s is married to her high school sweet heart and is a victim of social rules laid by her husband. Louise is the total opposite of Thelma; she does what she wants when she wants. Louise has an on and off again boyfriend who she decides to leave for a few days until he gets his head on straight. Louise tries to live by the policies of the government but soon find if challenging. Thomas Hobbes believed that morality should be understood as the solution to a practical problem that arises for self-interested human beings (Rachels & Rachels, 2010). We all want to live as well as possible; but in order to flourish; we need a peaceful, cooperative social order and we cannot have one without rules (Rachels & Rachels, 2010). He also believed that “without society they would dwell in a “state of nature”, living in fear and engaged in a war of all against all” (Sommers & Sommers, 2010). Thelma is a very naïve person and believes everything someone tells her. Thelma is a housewife who aides to her husband’s every becking call. She lives in a “Social Contract Theory” and her husband is the keeper. Louise is a waitress who is trapped in a life going nowhere. Louise’s boss is getting a divorce and is letting everyone he knows use his cabin so Louise decides to go on a road trip for a few days and wants Thelma to come along. Thelma being the...
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...like to investigate how other online stores are targeting the business furni ture market. Identify and evaluate t\\OOonline leases apartments, sells condominiums, a provides housekeeping, basic utilities, cab television, and recreational activities for its re stores that sell business furniture, Briefly sum marize your findings. idents. The retirement village is locally owne and managed; however, a residents' advisor board has Significant input when changes ~~o. /::5:h. :2. Hoosier Burger The Hoosier Burger project development team recommendations to the retirement village a contemplated. has met several times with Bob and Thelma Mellankamp. During these meetings, Bob has stressed the importance of improving Hoosier Golden Age Retirement Center's manager Mary Lou Tobias, has recently approached y for help with the retirement center's outdate Burger's inventory control, customer ordering, and management reporting systems. Demand for information system. Currently, the retirement office has five employees, including Ms. Tobia Hoosier Burger food is at an all-time high, and She explains that all data concerning residents this increased demand is creating problems for financial matters, suppliers, employees, an Hoosier Burger's staff, creating...
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...Thelma & Louise Thelma & Louise er en Amerikansk film regiserert av Ridley Scott. Filmen handler om 2 unge damer på Road Trip, de er på vei bort fra sine begrensede og ufrie liv. Geena Davis og Susan Sarandon har de 2 kvinnelige hovedrollene. Thelma & Louise var også Brad Pitt sin første store rolle i en Hollywood film, han spiller en raner på prøveløslatelse fra fengselet. Da de 2 damene har kommet et stykke på vei, bestemmer de seg for å stoppe å ta en drink. Her møter Thelma en mann som heter Harlan. Han sjenker henne for så å ta henne med ut på en parkeringsplass å prøve å voldta henne. Louise kommer ut og ser hva Harlan prøver på, hun skyter han. Ikke bare må Thelma & Louise flykte fra sine vanlige liv, men også politiet. Dramaturgi: Filmen følger Hollywood modellen: Anslag, Konfliktopptrapping, Point of no return, klimaks, Konfliktløsning. Filmen begynner med at Thelma og Louise drar på road trip, Thelma vil ikke si fra til mannen sin, fordi hun vet hun ikke hadde fått lov uansett. Ganske tidlig i filmen opplever vi point of no return, da Louise skyter mannen som prøver å voldta Thelma. Point of no return inngår da i konfliktopptrappingen, noe som ikke er helt vanlig for alle Hollywood filmer. Klimakset i filmen er på slutten da Thelma og Louise har en hær av politibiler bak seg. Thelma og Louise løser konflikten ved å hoppe utfor Grand Canyon. Personkarakteristikk: Thelma: Hun er den dumme av de 2 jentene. Hun er ikke veldig selvsikker, og mentalt sterk er hun...
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...The author’s motivation for writing, “Chick Flicks” as Feminist texts: The Appropriation of the Male Gaze in Thelma & Lousie, is to inform us on how the explanation for the movie’s wide appeal among women spectators. “The film's female gazes undercut and appropriate the dominant male gazes typical of mainstream Hollywood cinema by using mockery as a narrative device to illustrate the sexism inherent in the male gaze, and it is precisely this appropriation of patriarchal construction that offers pleasure to women spectators” (Cooper). The movie Thelma & Lousie caused so much controversy that she wanted to inform us on the topic, and explain how, “a conceptual framework for explicating these subversive gazes within film narratives” (Cooper)....
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...12 ‘night, Mother, Interpretation of mise en scene Joseph Liardi HUMN428 - De Vry University April 14, 2012 Joe, your analysis is very thorough with good attention to detail, and your focus on the psychology at play adds depth and insight. Clearly, you put a lot of time and attention into your study of this play. Terrific job! 200 points 12 ‘night, Mother, Interpretation of mise en scene Joseph Liardi HUMN428 - De Vry University April 14, 2012 Joe, your analysis is very thorough with good attention to detail, and your focus on the psychology at play adds depth and insight. Clearly, you put a lot of time and attention into your study of this play. Terrific job! 200 points ‘night, Mother, Interpretation of mise en scene Marsha Norman was born in Kentucky in 1947. A child who was isolated from the world by her family’s religious norms found comfort in playing the piano, reading books and playing with her imaginary friend called Bettering. Isolation and loneliness of life is something that is familiar to this play wright and is found in her many works such as “The Secret Garden” and “Getting Out”. Marsha Norman’s imaginary friend Bettering can be seen as a metaphor that compares her own relationships with her family, particularly her mother, and the feelings of alienation she felt as a child and her desire to be in control and better her life. (Yes, fascinating name she chose for her imaginary friend! Children can be so wise) Her own childhood...
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...DISCUSSION BOARD FORUM 3 CASE STUDY Topic: Property Barney has finally decided to retire after many years on the job as a deputy in a small North Carolina town and as a detective in the “big city” of Raleigh, NC. Though Barney sometimes appeared to be a bumbling law enforcement officer, it turns out that he was a dutiful saver and a shrewd investor who now owns an interest in a second home on the North Carolina coast as well as some prime real estate in the North Carolina mountains. Barney purchased the mountain property some 31 years ago as joint tenants with a right of survivorship with his old friends Andy, Floyd, and Howard. All of the friends have passed away, and Barney has not been back to the property in more than 20 years. Andy had apparently indicated in his will that he was leaving his interest in the property to his son Opie, and, a few years back, Opie took out a personal loan using his alleged interest in the property as collateral. When Opie defaulted on the loan last month, the lender initiated a legal action to foreclose on the property. Barney hired an old friend with whom he used to go to church (who is now an attorney in Raleigh) to address the lender’s legal action. The matter is still pending. Remembering that a trout-filled stream ran through the property, Barney decided to do a little fly-fishing. Driving out to the property, Barney was surprised to see smoke rising from the stone chimney of a little cabin that some unknown person had constructed...
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...the ten cases I picked three: * Love’s Executioner (Chapter 1) * I Never Thought It Would Happen to Me (Chapter 5) * Therapeutic monogamy (Chapter 9) I.) LOVE’S EXECUTIONER: In this first Chapter we read about Thelma Hilton, a seventy-year-old woman, she has been suffering of severe depression for the past twenty years, but eight years ago she had an affair with one of his therapist, Mathew, this affair lasted twenty-seven days, before Matthew finally put an end to this, due to Mathews own mental health. But Thelma has not been able to move on, she still think they could get back together. She has been obsessed about it, and even though she has seen other doctors before Dr. Yalom, this is the first time she is talking about Mathew to somebody else. Thelma Hilton seeks therapy once again after a failed suicide attempt and almost twenty years of therapy without any satisfactory results for her severe depression, with an underlying condition for the last eight years, of obsessive compulsive behavior towards her “relationship with one of her therapists name Mathew, with whom she had and affair that lasted twenty seven days. Thelma’s behavior worsen due to this obsession especially cause ever since the relationship ended Thelma never came forward with this information...
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...ALTERNATE ENDING It happened to Nancy by Beatrice Sparks end by Nancy’s last diary entry. Nancy talks about her life with Aunt Thelma, the Gaggle, and the wonderful farm which she spends the rest of her life. She speaks like a matured person and tried to take everything in a positive way. She didn’t complaint about her pains to others and stayed calm. April 12 Time: who knows …who cares… Dear Self,,,,,,,, The Gaggle sends me tons of letters and stuffs. I didn’t finish reading them yet. Mom called me last night and we talked about moving to new apartment. I wish I could talk to dad soon. He is busy with his work and trying to find a new maid. Aunt Thelma is busy with her drawing and I finished the painting she asked me to do. I love RA4. He is cute little puppy and he make me forget about the lost feelings about Red Alert. My kidney problem is getting worse. Aunt Thelma went to town and brought me more depends. I want to go sit under the shade tree and read all the letters from Gaggle but I feel so tired and lazy. Feel like my whole body is going to break down when I try to move. I don’t care about it because I can’t spend the whole day in bed. I don’t want to waste a single second of my life. i want see Lew . “”””LEW””””???? Oh dear self, I forgot about him. I hadn’t written anything about him since I came here. MAG!!!! He...
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...Hoosier Burger [pic]As college students in the 1970s, Bob and Thelma Mellankamp often dreamed of starting their own business. While on their way to an economics class, Bob and Thelma drove by Myrtle’s Family Restaurant and noticed a “for sale” sign in the window. Bob and Thelma quickly made arrangements to purchase the business, and Hoosier Burger Restaurant was born. The restaurant is moderately sized, consisting of a kitchen, dining room, counter, storage area, and office. Currently, all paperwork is done by hand. Thelma and Bob have discussed the benefits of purchasing a computer system; however, Bob wants to investigate alternatives and hire a consultant to help them. Perishable food items, such as beef patties, buns, and vegetables are delivered daily to the restaurant. Other items, such as napkins, straws, and cups, are ordered and delivered as needed. Bob Mellankamp receives deliveries at the restaurant’s back door and then updates a stock log form. The stock log form helps Bob track inventory items. The stock log form is updated when deliveries are received and also nightly after daily sales have been tallied. Customers place their orders at the counter and are called when their orders are ready. The orders are written on an order ticket, totaled on the cash register, and then passed to the kitchen where the orders are prepared. The cash register is not capable of capturing point-of-sale information. Once an order is prepared and delivered, the order ticket is placed in...
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