Instruction
Question 1: Review the 5 faces of Oppression from lecture notes. Choose 2 faces of oppression that Alike and/or Laura face in the film Pariah. In your answer, identify the 2 faces of oppression and explain how they are portrayed in the film through the character(s) of Alike and or Laura. Your answer must be at least 4 paragraphs in length and include at least two scene examples from the film.
Question 2: Analyze TWO of the ways that the women in the film Fried Green Tomatoes, use FOOD to reproduce, resist, and/or rebel against gender constructions and other social/cultural expectations of the time.
Your answer must be at least 4 paragraphs in length and include at least two scene examples from the film.
Hint: consider how food is politicized and helps to illustrate the issues of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation that Ruth, Idgie, Evelyn Couch and the other women struggle with.