Far From Heaven

What does Frank and Cathy's relationship represent?

There relationship represents the prefect middle class family. Frank is an executive at a TV production company. Cathy is the perfect homemaker and they have two kids a boy and a girl. There living in a nice house in Hartford Connecticut. They represent the American dream of the 1950's.

How did race and sex affect there relationship?

Because Frank was gay, Cathy had to try to find someone to fill his place so when she met Raymond and started to see each other often started to cause problems because they were supposed to be the perfect couple in the perfect neighborhood where no black people where allowed.

The Thing

This image a movie poster cover for the 1982 Film the thing in the top is says "The ultimate in alien terror." Giving me the impression that women are to be feared more then men.


Why are there no women in the movie?

The reason there are no women in the movie is that they are trying to show that men are a dominant force. All the men are trying to survive while the Thing is trying to assimilate them. The Thing represents all the women we get this sense when the Thing is trying to attack the dog at that moment it looks like a vagina trying to absorb the dog in.

What is the significance of its ability to take over people?

The ability to assimilate it self represents the ability of birth. It can not do it alone just like a women can't make a baby without a mans sperm. It need someones dna to be able to reproduce. This ability to reproduce seems terrifying in the movie.

Ma Vie En Rose

In the image you see ludo dressed as snow white trying to get a kiss from his neighbor.




How do you define gender?





In normal speech gender is defined by a persons biological oragans. In social science is defined as some ones behaviors, characteristics... . The social science definition was created to be able to distinguish someone who was born one gender but mentally was another.





Is Ludos identity a result from external influences or was he truely born with the mentality of a a girl?





I beleive it is a mixture of both just like nature vs nurture. When your born you have no sense of self as get older you develop a sense of self your nature might tell you one thing but your external influences would tell you antoher. Ludo was heavily influenced by Pam. If Pam had not have been there I don't beleive Ludo would have been a transgender. He idolized Pam he wished he could be just like her but if she was not there what would be his influence to be a boygirl.

Rear Window

In this picutre you see Jeff paying attention to his neighbor but no attention to Lisa.

What is the signifcance of the camera in the movie?

The camera is Jefferies movie screen into his neighbors lives. Without the camera he wouldn't be able to get a good look at them also becuase he does not see Lisa through the camera he does not see her as something he desires. Kind of like a movie theater you don't go to see the guy accross from you, you go to see the movie because of this Jeff seems to have no eroctic desire for Lisa.

What makes Jeff start seeing Lisa as someone he desires?

It is not till Lisa goes over and snoops around Mr. Thorwalds apartment that he sees her as someone he desires. As Lisa is snooping Jeff is watching her through his camera he starts seeing her with erotic desire.

The picture above enforces whites opinion that stories are universal becuase I could relate to wanting a Iron Maiden poster.

How does Persepolis relate to White?
Persepolis is a perfect example of White describing that all stories are narratives and how they all have a point a view. Though that is not hard to determine since Persepolis is a biography. Even though it is a biography it still shows that all stories that have something to say has a specific view point and that if it was told by someone else the story would be different. Since that person would have there own viewpoint.

How does Persepolis enforce whites opinion that all stories are understandable by all cultures?

The author grew up in Iran and we are reading the story in the US. We are able to relate to the story. This proves that it doesn't matter who is writing the story or what country or what background the story came from. It can be universally understood by different cultures.

The image above show how they made V for Vendetta was made to have a realistic and dark feeling to it.

Why was the art in V for Vendetta drawn so detailed and given and dark feel to it?





V for Vendetta was drawn so detailed because it want to be as realistic as possible showing you that a reality where the government has total control over your life. It was also given a dark feel to it to emphize how corrupt and the government is. There is no real place to give an example of this since the entire story is given a this dark feel to it making it seem like something is wrong.





What is the meaning behind Adam Susan (The Leader) speech on page 37 and 38 and how does his point of view compare to V's?





The Leader explains how the world needs control that without it the world would go into a state of chaos. This tells me that The Leader had good intentions when setting up the current goverment. Since he built his government from a world that was in chaos. It is understandable how he thinks that any bit of freedom could go lead to the destruction of his government. On the other hand V goes the other direction stating that the world needs to be plunged into anarchy so people can have freedom and have a choice on what type of government they have. The Leader has put so many restrictions on his people. Since he fears that if people had freedom it would eventually lead to people being no longer having morals since morals are another form of restrictions and without morals people would steal, kill, rape etc.. . I think that Moore and Lloyd are showing you both extremes of the world and how there needs to be a balance between them.

Maus+White

In the graphic novel Maus Art Speigalman uses animals to portray his charcters(mice are Jews, cats are Nazis, pigs are polish). I feel that this gives the reader a way to put themselves as the charcter in the story. Unlike other stories of the holocaust where authors try to make the people more realistic so you can relate to them better. Speigalman goes one step further and makes them animals which instead of relating to the charcters makes it easier to put yourself in the characters place.