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<p>This is in line with Bennett and Royle's comments on the hero usually being the person we identify with. ### This point is picked up in a sample essay on the movie The Pursuit of Happyness</p>
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<p>This use of a more vernacular language marks Linda as both more working-class and 'more black,' speaking to the intersectionality of these categories.</p>
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<p>Secretaries, along with teachers and nurses, are also one of the stereotypically female jobs that female characters have had in (American) literature.</p>
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<p>Of course, the picture Linda paints in this scene goes against the stereotypical division of gender in the family, which would usually have the husband "pulling double shifts" as the provider of the family. This evocation works to further undermine Chris's masculinity, instead positing Linda, at least in terms of economic success, as the stereotypically more 'masculine' part of their relationship. </p>
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<p>Note that 'real' is set in single quotation marks here to denote the author's recognition that there is no such thing as a 'real man,' a differentiation between real and unreal, true and false, supposedly based on authenticity, but that, instead, masculinity is a constructed, discursive concept.</p>
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<p>When writing an essay on gender, it might seem more intuitive to write about women and femininity. In fact, that is also where gender studies, as a discipline, originally began (also for important political reasons). However, since the concepts of femininity and masculinity are relational, it is also important to analytically discuss masculinity in order to avoid seeing it as 'natural' or 'the norm' and instead understanding it as part of a discourse.</p>
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<p>Admittedly, this argument seems a bit daring...</p>
Writing about race in The Pursuit of Happyness was difficult because the film does not seem to
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<p>Note: Writing about categories of difference is often tricky because you have to operate with commonly held stereotypes that you (likely, hopefully) don’t subscribe to yourself. This is particularly visible in this case where much of the argument, especially in this first body paragraph, evokes commonly held stereotypes about African Americans.</p>
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<p>There are good reasons to have ‘race,’ 'racial,' and ‘black’ in single quotation marks to underscore that these terms refer to an entirely artificial category; Ultimately, this is a decision authors have to make for themselves as they write about a text. This author has decided to trust his readers’ understanding without the additional typographic emphasis.</p>
