Fried Green Tomatoes Film Themes

The book was written from the author’s ceaseless desire for knowledge and irresistible curiosity; he was astonished at the sight of tomatoes displayed in a garden organized by college students.The variety of tomatoes encouraged the author to explore its origin; most of the tomatoes were cultivated in America and transported to Asian countries.As the author researched the original

Ku Klux Klan also has a main role in this movie. They are very strong together. They are cold blooded murders and just want to get rid of the black people. They have a high status in society, mainly because no one has the courage to do anything to them.

In this poem the theme is about being a 2nd generation immigrant, and so for her that is Japanese-American. The speaker for this poem is obviously a young daughter; she speaks of how her father says “Where we’re going they won’t grow.” (Okita 3-4) when trying to explain they’re being moved away. The tone throughout this whole poem is sad. The daughter talks about her friend Denise and how before the daughter left Denise was mean at school. The daughter still gives Denise a pack of tomato seeds and says “Told her when the first tomato ripened she’d miss me” (Okita 23-25). The setting of this poem is in the United States during World War II. This was a time when all Japanese-Americans were being sent away to internment camps and that is where the father was talking about when he told his daughter her tomato seeds wouldn’t grow (Okita4-5). The diction in this piece of work uses food references to make a point on how the daughter feels about feeling more American than Japanese. She states “I have always felt funny using chopsticks and my favorite food is hot dogs” as if to say this feels more normal than being grouped as just Japanese (Okita

Fruits and vegetables grow into a representation of Jeanette’s effort to maintain her behavior within the expectations of her mom and the religious community. As Jeanette initially became interested with Melanie, she gets Melanie to hang out with her as they meet on the street by offering, “Would you like a baked potato?” (85). Jeanette clearly demonstrated that she had a romantic obsession over Melanie before this moment, but after initiating conversation they do not bond over each other, but over God. The potato in this scene references Jeanette’s subconscious suppression of her romantic interest of Melanie, replacing it with a love for God that brings them together. After initially being caught experiencing unnatural passions with Melanie, Jeanettes mom offers, “`Here you are…. Some fruit. You're rambling in your sleep again. It was a bowl of oranges.” (114). Jeanette’s mom seems to have understood that Jeanette had unnatural passions for a long time, and is forgiving due to this being her first incident. Jeanette’s mom offers her these oranges as consolation, offering her help but also demonstrating that she and the church she represents are open to re-accept Jeanette if she follows the morals of the congregation. The orange is provided as an opportunity for Jeanette to suppress her sexuality for the church. Jeanette says “The skin hung stubborn, and soon I lay panting, angry

     Throughout the movie, the film justified the need of the KKK in order to keep social harmony among society after the Civil War. In the beginning, the Cameron family was depicted as loving family and the slaves were depicted as sensible and content beings during the slave period. The chaos and madness started after the civil war during the

There are three distinct historical interpretations of the Klan as an organization. The first historical interpretations argue that the Klan was established as an organization answering to a society in need of help with maintaining social order and law. Historians within this interpretation emphasize the playfulness and theatrical nature of the Klan which is unique to this particular historical perspective. This era of interpretation focuses very little on the violence that the Klan inflicted on Southern society, often completely eliminating its violent accounts from their historical works. The second historical interpretations argue that the Klan was established as a racially motivated political organization. Historians argued that because of the Klan’s origins as a racially motivated organization, the Klan would go on to establish political dominance and control over much of Southern society. The third and final historical interpretation argues that the Ku Klux Klan was established as a result to a struggling plantation system. Within this historical era of interpretation, Michael W. Fitzgerald describes the Klan as a non-violent enforcer that was created to control petty theft and labor riots. The establishment of the Klan as a political organization with race

The Klu klux klan was the largest terrorist group in American history to murder more than hundreds of thousands of people not only blacks but anyone who was outspoken about their support for civil rights. For example in document A the political cartoon depicts a horse that represents the kkk and two white men who were lynched; one of the men represents a carpetbagger and the other represents scalawags. Carpetbaggers were new people from the north who were working to form new governments and scalawags were white southerners who were supportive of reconstruction. The text states “... another brave, honest Republican citizen has met his fate at the hands of these fiends..” The man was left hanged in a jury room; the kkk would go to extreme measure to make examples out of others to control through fear.

My first impressions of the movie “Fried Green Tomatoes” was that it was a fluff and light movie. The previews of the movie would lead one to believe that myself included. I was wrong. The first part of the movie was set in 1930’s. This part of the movie addressed the issue of racism and ageism before the time of the Civil Rights Movement. When the movie moves in to present day, the story covers the struggles Evelyn is experiencing with menopause, or as it was sometime called; the change of life. Fried Green Tomatoes is a story that bounces through generations of women and the people around them. This is a classic story of Americana. The stories are used to weave a web to make a point and draw people in to the events that shape the lives

The start of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in 1866, expanded throughout most of the southern states by 1870. This Klan is known for its discrimination against African Americans, which has had major effects on today’s society. “Making or perceiving differences and distinctions,” is the definition of discrimination (Webster dictionary). Not only did they discriminate against Africans Americans but also Jews, and Catholics (history,com staff). Since the birth of the KKK society was not only affected by the discrimination of the Klan, but also the activities, and the brutal events.

Imagine if you had lived in the 1870’s and you walked out of your house and saw stores on fire and people getting hanged. Well, that’s what the KKK is all about and what African Americans had to deal with everyday, and having to be afraid of not knowing if they were going to die or survive. The KKK is a secret society in the U.S that is built up of white supremacists.

  I believe that Johnny Reeves was the most involved person with the KKK in the story. Here are three facts about Johnny Reeves that will hopefully explain my thesis sentence. Johnny Reeves had a lot of power in the town due to him was the minster of the Klan. Johnny Reeves believes that people in the KKK are good and people not in the KKK are bad. Johnny Reeves was also very racist like when he talks about how crazy it

It seems that all the harsh and brutal wrongdoings that the KKK committed during that time became somewhat like a norm to the citizens whom it affected. In one newspaper clipping it’s discussing how they there were extra peaches for the neighbors and then just lines underneath it, there are threats to their life. It reads, “Syles you have got to leave this naborhood vary soon or you may prepair for death hell and the grave” It’s surprising how it was even allowed to be published, but more so, it’s placed near something so insignificant in comparison, peaches, and it’s the standard of the time. In a letter that one man wrote to his friend, he explains how the KKK “shot one very bad negro, putting six balls through his head.” He is taking

A scene in the movie that best depicted the racism and the violence was the scene outside the Little’s family house, a black family. In this scene the black legion starts to pass around gasoline cans and then flames roar through the room and the Little kids are hysterical. Louise, the wife, rushes in and pushes them past the fire, she has infant in hand covered in a blanket. They barely make it outside when they are confronted by a black legion member who threatens them and tells them to leave the community.

The majority of the racism involved in the movie is towards the negro population. They are perceived as thugs, thieves and

Although it looks like a tomato, it's kind of a notional tomato. I mean, it's the idea of a tomato.