How Does Emma Watson Impact The World

Emma Watson uses ethos to convince the audience that she is a credible source. Towards the beginning of her speech, Watson explained that her, “girlfriends [dropped]... out of sports…”(1) because appearing muscly would not fit their gender stereotype. Watson mentions her personal experience to make her credible. By mentioning this, people will know why she is familiar with feminism. Since she has experienced gender inequality firsthand, she knows why feminism is necessary and more people will find her as a reliable source. Later in her speech, she mentions a speech made by Hillary Clinton in 1997.

Women Goodwill Ambassador. She is speaking about the problem of gender equality and unequal pay for men and women doing the same work. Her purpose is to demonstrate to the audience that the problem affects both men and women. She is fighting for women’s rights, but also trying to persuade men and boys to step up and help the women fight by joining her campaign, HeforShe. Her primary audience is all the delegates and guests who listened to her speech at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and her secondary audience is men and boys all over the world. She appeals to ethos when she speaks about her own personal experiences with gender based assumptions from ages eight to eighteen in. She says her girlfriends dropped out of their sport teams in order to not appear so masculine. She appeals to pathos when gives the statistics on men’s suicide in the UK in order to tell men that gender equality is their problem as well. She is saying men also fear asking for help because they fear that they will appear un-manly. Watson’s speech is also structured by Monroe’s motivated sequence. She starts off her speech by speaking about her campaign and talking about how her experiences at different ages caused her to become a feminist in order to get the audience’s attention. She then tells the men and boys that gender equality is their issue too. This causes them to understand the need for change. She then formally invites them to help

Cher is one of the most popular girls at her school with a father that is a litigation lawyer, a prestigious occupation in one of the most wealthiest cities in the world. Cher has everything a young lady dreamed off: money and a huge wardrobe (Clueless 1:00-1:30). However, both Emma and Cher shares the same situation where both mothers passed away. Emma and Cher's lack of maternal figure resulted from them to think highly of themselves. Emma's arrogance can be seen when she brags about being successful in matching couples. Emma believes that she has control over fate and must play matchmaker in order for couples to discover true love. Austen states that "The real evils indeed of Emma's situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little well too of herself" (Austen 5). Emma and Cher seemed to have endless power and wealth, in which they acquire the idea that they are the perfect model for everyone in the

In Emma, the character Jane Austen presents in the novel is the type of person who likes to meddle in other people’s lives. In the film Clueless, Cher is an impersonation of Emma’s character. She also manipulates the situation, meddles in people’s lives because she feels she can manage them better than they can. In this particular adaptation of Emma, Emma is portrayed through the character Cher. Cher is also a meddler in other people’s lives. This sets the film up for an interesting and developing plot. Cher Horowitz illuminates Emma Woodhouse because they both exist in that precarious realm where lovable threatens to tip over into loathsome, but doesn’t. In the process of narrowly avoiding awfulness, both of these princesses give us

First, in this paragraph I want to focus on the ladies behind Clueless/Emma. Cher Horowitz (Clueless, 1995), Emma woodhouse (Emma, 1815), and Amy Heckerling, the producer of Clueless. Cher is an elegant, young daddy’s girl who lives in the high class town of Beverley hills. Chers main goal in life is to keep her daddy healthy, and keep up with the latest fashion statements. Throughout the film we watch Cher mature and go through basic life lessons. We see her experience

She is currently head of a new United Nations agency working on gender issues, called UN Women.

Both Emma and Cher’s characters are portrayed as snobby, self centered and selfish people. They do what they want, without really caring about the effect their actions will have on the people around them.

As like everyone else, Emma’s success include a lot of hard works. She did all homeworks, finishing on-time and ask questions if needed. Unlike Par, Boyer’s secret might be being passionate about learning. Boyer said, "If you are really passionate about something, nothing can stop you from

She speaks about how a huge factor that changed the way she viewed the world was her new grasp of the importance of money. Emma “The end of middle school is when I fully realized that money is power and money are what you need for sustenance. You need to pursue something that will get you further in life.” As a result of her personal experiences and influences, she feels she has uncovered new interests and has developed a much more logical and realistic approach to

Her facial expression is so fierce and focused, like she isn’t scared of what is to come. “’Scream and I’ll cut you,’ came a voice. Keeping the blade to my neck, my assailant pushed me against the outhouse wall” (Riggs 131). She can stand up for herself. Emma is also a fighter; her clothes say girl, dainty but her posture says, “I’m ready to go”. Her peculiar power also helps her in being a fighter, “She flicked her wrist and a ball of angry red flame sprang to life. Something about its color and intensity made it clear that that his time she hadn’t summoned a light, but a weapon” (Riggs

When Emma was age seven, she began wandering around his local streets and found herself the victim of gang attacks on multiple occasions, unable to understand why they happened, he kept allowing them to happen. Thinking was his only solace as he was able to find sanctuary in the only thing she believed she truly owned, her own mind. Nobody could peer into it quite like she could and certainly, nobody could take it from him.

Emma's personality is largely shaped by the nature of her upbringing. Emma had no motherly figure guiding her as she grew up, due to the fact that her

Feminism is often seen as a negative word towards women, but it actually represents the gender inequality for both men and women. In 2014, Emma Watson, a twenty-four-year-old British actress, and the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador co-hosted a special event for the UN Women’s HeForShe campaign. Before Watson was a UN Women’s Ambassador, she was known as a strong activist for women’s rights. The importance of the HeForShe campaign, which is a united movement, to spread and inform the gender equality awareness for both men and women to the public. As a speaker, Watson comes across to her audience as credible also reliable because she is a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, she also sends her message across by building a trust relationship with the

(Austen 1). Having a conceited nature, she only tolerates following her own advice, as well as frequently acting upon her instincts regardless of the consequences, especially when it comes to match-making. Emma believes that she is able to match any two people whom she deems compatible. Even though Emma is self centered, she ironically refuses to tend to her own feelings. Speaking to her father Emma states, “I promise you to make none for myself, papa; but I must, indeed, for other people.

Emma Watson, best known as a leading actress in the Harry Potter series, gave a speech titled “Gender equality is your issue too” during a HeForShe campaign at the United Nations headquarters in New York City during on September 20, 2014, in attempt to raise awareness about gender inequality. Throughout the speech, Watson attempted to persuade the audience in joining the HeForShe campaign by providing examples of those who have been subject to the burdens of gender inequality – however, this speech could be considered problematic due to Watson’s lack of credibility and failure to include all types of people in our society.