Gender Stereotypes In 'Shiloh'

Jimmy Cross being the immature lieutenant is affected being responsible of his men, and carries much of the war’s burden. Every time one of Cross’s men dies, he experiences deep regrettable feelings that he should have been a better

Lieutenant Jimmy Cross was a character with many layers that he never actually showed. He had emotions that he kept inside him, and he was never truly focused on the war. He rarely talked to the other soldiers about how he felt about the war. Cross was burdened with responsibility and guilt. He blamed himself for the death of his soldiers, and he blamed himself for Martha not loving him the way he loved her. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is a important character that is seriously affected by the war, and has conflicted

3) One of the films would be Erin Brockovich, were Erin is judge for being a single mom based on her appearance she is also label as a whore an example would be Ed that tells her that she looks like someone that likes to have fun, these is of course the stereotypes that society inputs on her. Erin in the film does not meet the ideologies of being femininity and at the end we see that she does succeed at work but her love life and family gets scarified by these.

In life, everyone has obligations. People have responsibilities they have to tend to everyday, but sometimes there are passions of love or revenge that makes one stop thinking of what their true responsibilities are. For soldiers fighting in war, their responsibility is to take care of their men and make sure no one gets hurt. They fight for their country and protect the men who have become their family. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross went against his honor to protect his men. He let his responsibly go, which caused one of the men in his group to die. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross confronts the demands of the love for Martha, which conflicts with his responsibility in the war, which affects him and the story.

Jimmy cross was the leader of Tim O'Brien platoon. Jimmy Cross was in charge of all the men under his command but he never want to be in charge of all those young men and didn’t want the guilt that came with every time he lost a man in the Vietnam war. Every time he lost a man in the field he blamed himself that he wasn’t being the best and that every time a man was killed he would blame himself. When Jimmy Cross was visiting Tim O'Brien after the war was over.They shared memories of old time and friends they lost during the war and when Tim O'Brien had his photo’s out Jimmy Cross stared at the photo of Ted Lavender and Jimmy cross thought that Ted Lavender's death was his fault and he has the guilt still after the war was over about his death. “And said he’d never forgiven himself for Lavender’s death.” So Jimmy cross is still dealing with the guilt of losing Ted Lavender in the war and has not gotten over it. In the story “In the Field” Jimmy Cross talk’s about how he felt guilty and responsible for what happen to Kiowa when Kiowa died in the field. When LT Jimmy Cross received his orders for the top commanded he is to set up came in the field near the town that was near by. Kiowa sink into the mud in the middle of the night and died because of it LT Jimmy Cross blamed himself that Kiowa died and that he should have choose somewhere else to set up for the night even know a villager warned

Norma Jean is presented as a dynamic character due to the fact that her attitude and outlook starts changing towards her husband Leroy and her marriage. She went from spending time with her husband to being an introvert. She begins enjoying her time alone and becomes very selfish. She was strong at one point and the past just ate her up inside letting it get the best of her. All the attention is drawn to herself and she does not take the time to see how Leroy is feeling or reacting to this sudden behavior. In paragraph fifty four it states how Norma Jean changes into this selfish creature that Leroy does not even know anymore after sixteen years of marriage. "Before his accident, when Leroy came home he used to stay in the house with Norma Jean, watching TV in bed and playing cards. She would cook fried chicken, picnic ham, chocolate pie-all his favorites. Now he is home alone much of the time. In the mornings, Norma Jean disappears, leaving a cooling place in the bed" (Mason paragraph 54). Norma Jean loses her father and son and now she is just letting herself slowly drift away out of her husband's life. Norma Jean's appearance does not change much in Leroy's eyes. She keeps up with her physical and outer appearance but its her inner self that need massive work. Her attitude with her mother and husband starts coming off aggressive and careless. In paragraph 110, Norma Jean's repsonse is spoken without proper mannerism.

Dave went Joes shop where he was looking at guns to but he asked Joe if he could by a gun and Joe also sated “You aint nothing but a boy. You don’t need a gun” (Wright 2246). Joe didn’t think he was old enough for a gun because he was still a seventeen year old boy. When he went home and asked his mother if he could

In the first chapter in the book, titled The Things They Carried, Jimmy Cross is one of the many examples throughout the novel in where a soldier has a way to escape from the realities of war. Cross, who is a lieutenant in his company, carries two photographs of a girl named Martha whom he truly loves and wishes nothing else but to be with her in the end. Along with the photographs, he carries letters from Martha herself as well as her good-luck pebble in his mouth. Martha’s letters has a huge impact on Cross’s escape on reality because those letters do not mention war at all but for him to stay safe. All of these items comforts Cross and eventually reminisce about the times when he was back home with Martha away from any war. He relives a moment when he was with Martha at the movies, and then remembers that he touched her knee but Martha did not approve and pushed his hands away. Now while he’s in Vietnam, he does nothing but fantasizes taking her to her bed, tying her up, and touching that one knee knee all night long.

Leroy and Norma Jean are both victims of rapid social change. Norma Jean was the most affected by her surroundings comparing to Leroy. Norma Jean had to marry at the age of eighteen to the man who got her pregnant, and in a cruel twist of fate, the child dies of sudden infant death syndrome. This event from her life prevents her to look towards the

Women should be caring, humble, quiet, intelligent. These are some of the generic characteristics of a stereotypical "women". If you opened a newspaper from the 1950s you would be bombarded with advertisements about women being the perfect housewives and men being strong leaders. A survey taken in the mid-1980s by British Social Attitudes showed that close to half (43 percent in 1984 and 48 percent in 1987) of people supported a gendered separation of roles, where the female was a caring mother and the male the masculine handyman. If you were to go to any social media site these days, you would see women that are changing the game with twenty-first-century texts posted everywhere that significantly challenging gender stereotypes for women.

Jimmy Cross is the First Lieutenant who carries “the responsibility for the lives of his men” (O’Brien 429). Cross let his imagined love get in the way of his responsibilities and one of his men was killed. Cross carries the weight of Lavender’s death and adds that to the weight of his renewed responsibility to his men (427-437).

Aside from abandoning the letters and pictures, Jimmy Cross also abandons his innocence. He wants to concentrate on the responsibilities of leading his men, for "he was now determined to perform his duties firmly and without negligence." The new lieutenant Cross would dispose of the good luck pebble, issue "new SOP's, and would confiscate the remainder of Lavender's dope. Overall, Lieutenant Jimmy Cross would accept the blame for what had happened to Ted

This passage shows that Jimmy is not a leader. He is very passive toward his men. He says he want to keep them safe but he does not really do anything to stop them from getting killed. He feels guilty when one of his men dies and wishes he was not in charge so he would not be responsible for their safety. This shows that he is a good person but is not willing to take

I have been reading all the posts on Facebook for a while now. First off not going to take sides, other than the fact I am a Southerner. Feel my Mom coming out of me now. I haven't done my in depth research on the taking down of the Stone Mountains mural, but come on. .seriously. I personally don't see you other than you individually. No matter what your race, gender or sexual preferences are, isn't the whole point based on the argument to be recognized and respected. If this is really true, then why tear down another's background. Extremist in this world are the one's that bring hate to another's background and views. If you really want to be equal, then focus on getting your views out and don't criticize the rest. Not that hard to

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