Bree's Lit and Media Stuff

This book was very personal to me, not only because of the personal connection of the characters in it but because our class had the pleasure of listening to the thoughts of the incredible author herself. I enjoyed this book because it shows the daring of doing something for someone else. The main character in a way sacrifices herself in marrying a gay man, an act that can put her in a tough place. She of course is free to see her lover, even if it is as a friend to the onlookers, and not be afraid of people suspecting their truth. However it means she is married, and not to her lover. This is an important part of life to many, marrying the person you love because of how much you want to share your life with them. But in this case the marriage is a fraud, a cover, not an act of commitment in a consensual way. This can be very tough on everyone involved. It hurts so much to see the two lovers split apart by society's cruel way of relations. It broke my heart to watch her lover settl

In my reading of the book and watching the movie I got the sense of incredibly strong privledge from the lifestyles demonstrated. We see the viewpoint of a man with so much money that he can afford a casual ride in a limo, something normal people can only do for a highly important occasion. We witness his carelessness of other people and how he has an incorrect sense of self importance due to his high wealth. I personally have seen this in real life from time to time and see the utter annoyance it can set on a person. Throughout his journey to simply get a haircut, we see the annoying, the infuriating, and the truth. Ending with his humble background of course, we see he's lived his life from each side of the glass, not that it makes his privilege anymore understandable.

If I were to design a themed ride for the sake of Wonder Woman, it would probably be more of a history lesson than a ride. I once went on a ride in Universal Orlando that was themed around older movies. You were led into a cart much like the one in Indiana Jones, the cart then followed a track and showed you around the history of these movies. It was boring at my age, but I found these interesting action packed movies that I'd never even sneezed at before because of the date it was made. I feel as though I could do something the same with Wonder Woman for the sake of delivering her message...perhaps while still providing a thrilling experience one expects from a theme park. Wonder Woman's whole message has to do with feminism and equality. She was an amazon from a world without men who entered a world where men ruled. I mean actually ruled, as in woman were considered to be lesser than a man. It's 2018 and I find it unbelievable that could be real, but we do still live in