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Comparing Texts 'He Named Me Malala And Suffragette'

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Introduction- The texts, ‘He named me Malala’ directed By Davis Guggeheim, ‘Suffragette’ directed by Sarah Gavron, ‘The Blindside’ directed by John Lee Hancock, and ‘Miss Brill’ written by Katherine Mansfield, all interested me as the texts are across time and they all show the consequences of alienation caused by society. Alienation by society- “The state of being alienated withdrawn, or isolated from the objective world, as through indifference or disaffection”. In the Blindside directed by John Lee Hancock, where we are shown two different characters, Leigh-Anne Tuohy and Michael Oher. Both of these characters show the link of alienation by society as one Leigh-Anne is a white high class mum, who goes out of society’s ideal white mum with Michael and shows no racism or stereotype which isn’t normal in this case. “But seriously, Leigh-Anne, aren’t you worried for Collins? I mean she’s a beautiful white girl, and he’s a big, black boy” this quote just shows one of the many examples of what a ‘normal’ mum would do and think of Michael …show more content…

“I’ve been here for a year and don’t really understand society’s new rules” this quote just shows the link for alienation by society as she’s an ‘outsider’ around people around her that are even the same age, just because she’s different due to her cultural, this is also relatable to the wider world as people from a different cultural are often alienated by society by stereotypes and

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