Thursday, January 20, 2011
#16
As of now I'm pretty sure my paper is going to be about women in powerful positions and changing points of view and stereotyping. I'm going to base my information and support my argument with a lot of scenes from the first episode of the fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The episode is called "The Freshman" because it's setting is Buffy and her friends first few days at college. In this episode it is shown that Buffy Summers is very powerful and people have a lot of respect for her and a ton of confidence in her. Buffy, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, is a young, beautiful, petite, college girl, yet she defends the world against all evil forces such as demons and vampires. One of the other head characters of the episode is Sunday and she is also a petite, young, blond girl that holds just as much power and respect as Buffy. This episode is showing a lot about stereotyping and how we judge people based on looks. Also the obvious change in power from male roles to females roles, which that along with the stereotyping topic will be the thesis of my paper. Just as in this episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, our world's views and powers of women are changing. I feel I can make strong arguments to prove that, such as women rising to places of authority so high as to run for president of the United States. Unlike past stereotyping and views, people are starting to realize that just because somebody is a female doesn't mean she can't make big decisions, or be strong, or brave, she is just as good as the next male. I think I will have many good claims to back my thesis based on the Buffy episode and today's world politics,economics, and sports ect.
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You seem to be saying that through "The Freshman", women's position are raising rapidly and women nowadayas are more powerful than before. The main evidence for this argument seens to be the two heroine Buffy and Sundays, both of them are strong and stand in a important position among thier area. The argument is timely because women nowadays are playing a more and more important role in every aspect in society; Such as the secretary of state Hillary Clinton. This is how I see thiese two things connecting: in the Buffy the Vampier slayer, Buffy is an essential woman who lead her friends to fight against vampires, and in the real world, woman are not housewives anymore, they also can be a leader in big enterprises. Moreover, finimism is also a prevalent topic in today's world.
ReplyDeleteYou seeem to saying that the writers argument for "the Freshman", is that woman are strong and despite a lot of stereotyping they cand o anything they want. The main evidence for this argument is seen in the ability of Buffy to be the slayer od the underworld and she is not a macho man but a small young girl with a lot of power and strength. This connection can be seen in that today even woman are gaining enough power and support to run for president. I see this connectin in that woman are begining to achieve things most people never imagined possible and it is a great joy to see.
ReplyDeleteI think that this argument is very timely because this is a major issue now. It used to be that women were denied certain jobs because people didn’t think they were able to perfom them. But now it is clear that they are just as good as men at most things.
ReplyDeleteIt is timely, nowadays more then ever are women finally being treated as equals of men.
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