Gender Stereotypes In 500 Days Of Summer

He feels as though he is overlooked so the boy does this to gain the attention he craves from other people. On the other hand, after Tom’s important yellow paper flew out the window, he is convinced that by getting it back it will cause people to remember and be intrigued by his idea. Tom thought, “The mental picture of himself sliding along the ledge… would add a special interest and importance to his memorandum, which would do it no harm” (64). He is thinking of how this adventure could reap benefits, not how dangerous the action could become. Despite the similarities of the two works, the differences of their characters' situation in life directly impact the outcome their struggle. For example, their intentions differed which led to different results. The boy clearly intended to commit suicide. He even said, "I'm the boy for the last time,"(line 26). A possible motivator could have been an unrequited love. He mentioned, "A girl that I knew once years ago... the boy she can't ignore" (lines 11-13). Also, the boy did not want people to help him yet they tried. He looked down on their help, "All the love

“Men and women can't be friends, because sex always gets in the way”, is the main theme of the movie “When Harry met Sally”. The script is a good example of the interpersonal communication ten stage model by Mark Knapp. This developmental model entails the stages of a relationship from it’s infancy to an ending. In the movie we can clearly identify all ten stages of this model.

He likes Daisy not for true love but rather for a possession-type relationship. He cheats on her and is proud of it. When with Daisy, he rarely acts romantic because he is always preoccupied with his greed. He doesn't strive for her love because he knows his wealth will keep her with him. He has a very realistic approach on life. He sees things as they are. This allows Tom to stay happy and rarely be disappointed.

The two are complete opposites, but there lives have intertwined through Tom. Tom represents the ultimate douchebag. He has tons of money, he can buy whatever he wants whenever he wants. He has multiple women just for the sake of bragging.

　　　　People from all backgrounds also appreciate the way the movie shows a family with having good times and bad times, especially in relation to the relationship between the family members. As Tom grew up, he had a good time with the mother and his brother mike as he shared in the warmth of the family. However, his life became the source of bad times when he decided to engage in

Using the movie Love Jones I will talk about the characteristics of male/male and female/female relationship as they are portrayed in the film. Then I will talk about how different the female/male relationship is and focus primarily on their communication styles. There is some harsh vocabulary included in my essay but only in quotations that I have taken from the movie itself to communicate what was going on in the scenes I have chose to talk about.

In the story Tom tries to sexualy assault Marie, which shows that he has perverted

An expecting couple awaits to discover the gender of their baby. The nurse announces that it’s a girl. The couple is extremely excited, but do they truly grasp the weight of what this implies? Gender is not simply a physical trait, as it affects nearly every aspect of a person’s life. Stereotypes repress the potential in all men and women. The same stereotypes are found throughout literature such as Medea by Euripides, Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”, “Sonnets” by Shakespeare, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Frederick Waterman’s “The Best Man Wins”. A common thread between these pieces is that power can be gained by those who are suppressed by defying gender stereotypes and social hierarchies.

Tom’s reading, along with his vast sense of imagination, is probably the greatest influence on his behavior. When prompted with a dilemma, he recalls to a similar situation

The way Tom acts on the difficulties and challenges that he faces at home not only affect him but his family as well. He escapes his troubles from home, due to the pressure, by going to the movies. Finally, his mother realizes and

In Marc Webb’s (500) Days of Summer (2009), the character Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and the character Summer (Zooey Deschanel) both view love in what can be described as contrasting perspectives. This perspectives or ideologies are a results of contrasting childhoods. The character of Tom, views love as a result of fate, meaning that he believes that people are destined for each other and that he must find his soulmate. As a result, Tom values companionship and labels such as: boyfriend, girlfriend, fiancé, wife.

As time progresses Summer is made aware that Tom has an interest in her. Even though Summer has made her opinion known that she does not believe in love, they soon portray the obvious characteristics of mutual attraction and of being in a relationship. This most likely can be attributed to reciprocal liking; Summer starting to like Tom more, simply because she knows Tom likes her.

Tom had a double role in the play as both the narrator and a main character that lived through a recollection of what life was like living with his mother and sister before he abandoned them to seek adventure. Tom’s behavior in the play could lead to question if his memory is truly accurate. SparkNotes comments, “…But at the same time, he demonstrates real and sometimes juvenile emotions as he takes part in the play’s action. This duality can frustrate our understanding of Tom, as it is hard to decide whether he is a character whose assessments should be trusted or one who allows his emotions to affect his judgment” (SparkNotes.com). Through his behavior a person is reminded that memory can be flawed by emotions or time elapsing, this would need to be taken into account when analysis of such a character is done. Tom is full of contradictions as he reads literature, writes poetry, and dreams of an escape; however he also felt bound by duty to his sister and mother. Another contradiction was that while he professed to care about his sister as seen in his ending comments in the play, “…I tried to leave you behind me, but I am more faithful than I intended to be!...” (Williams), Tom never went back to reconnect with his sister. This could be because of the great shame he felt for abandoning his sister or because of another reason. He stated that he had been in several cities over the years but never speaks of going back to St. Louis, making it unclear if he

Webb uses body language to show intimacy. The intimacy between both characters is shown when Tom and Summer are holding hands, almost lovingly, as they race towards the bedroom section of the store. This common action is often naturally done by couples to show they find comfort in each other’s presence. Webb also establishes Tom’s facial expression with close up shots as he stares at Summer (while they both lie on the bed facing towards each other) with an almost love struck expression, signifying as if being with Summer is all he’s ever wanted. Thus portraying how mentally and emotionally enchanted he is with her. These facial expressions reinforce the supposed intimacy in their relationship but later on leave the viewers confused when Summer denies she is looking for anything serious and Tom

Society can put unrealistic expectations of reality into individuals from a very young age. As soon as a child can begin to comprehend what is going on around them, they are shown movies of perfect society’s and perfect marriage. So, as they grow older, this is what they expect life to be like. Then, when they finally reach a certain age they begin to wonder why life isn’t going the way they thought it was going to go. The picture that the media and movies portray of life and how one is supposed to look can make individuals put outrageous expectation on themselves in order to be “normal”. Nobody feels those expectations more than females growing up do. Women are oversexualized and kept inferior to their male counterparts and this can affect