Biff Tannen

Introduction In "Sex, Lies and Conversation; Why is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other," etymologist Deborah Tannen contends that the issues of men and ladies in marriage regularly come from the way that they misjudge what the other individual is truly attempting to say. Tannen noticed that her own particular exploration inferred that ladies' most continuous grievance in marriage was that their spouses did not hear them out, but rather that when she analyzed genuine discussions, she

for the genderlect, but the social norms and cultural backgrounds. These factors further differentiate conversations between men and women. Deborah Tannen, professor of linguistics at Georgetown University has written extensively on genderlect in her national best selling book, “You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation.” In her book (Tannen, 1990), she explores in depth about different conversational styles of men and women with relatable examples. She also suggests some steps that could

throughout many schools, and is a subject in many movies and television shows. One particular infamous bully is the character Biff Tannen in Back to the Future (Zemeckis). Tannen is a typical high school bully who spends his time tyrannizing the unpopular kid, George McFly (Zemeckis). He later resorts to bullying Marty McFly when he arrives (Zemeckis). A bully like Tannen uses fear to take control of groups of people the same way a dictator like Adolf Hitler does. First of all, the words bully and

portrayed in many different ways. In the movie, one of the main characters Marty McFly had to go and face a bully, Biff Tannen, for a third time. However, Marty standing up for himself caused more conflicts

regionals gets to come to race school. Using despicable tactics, the unrevealed group of antagonists try to affect Jason’s racing career through the supply of defective parts for his Hover Car and sabotaging his vehicle to cause maximum damage. Biff Tannen and his family are the main antagonists in Zemeckis’ Back to the Future Part II, causing a vast amount of grief for the protagonists, Doctor Emmett Brown and Marty McFly Jr. After travelling to the year 2015, Marty buys a sports almanac for his

In Marty’s altered 1950s timeline, his father has to engage with an even more base masculine behavior, fighting Biff’s violent sexual assault on Lorraine with, naturally, more violence. The character of Biff, and his undoing, seem like they are meant to imply that the only way to fight destructive masculinity is with more aggressive masculinity. But when Marty returns to 1985, we see his father has not become a drooling, violent archetype, but a confident, successful, balanced man (we see him, finally

withstanding the offer. Similarly, Marty defends his parents against Biff in the alternate 1985, where Biff is his new father (BTTF 2). Though Biff has become a tyrant millionaire rather than just a painful nuisance, Marty refuses to treat him any better than he deserves. In this case, “courage” is resting faith in others under the hateful eyes of the feared. Another layer is added to the ongoing rivalry when Marty persistently chases Biff down in the tunnel to retrieve the almanac (BTTF 2). This being

the technical elements of suspense also show up. The different camera angles used create different views from the characters. In the dining scene where George is going to ask out Loraine, Biff shows up. Marty trips him, and as Biff stands up, Marty’s look of bravery changes to worry. The camera angle is over Biffs shoulder, and shows only the eyes of Marty as he stands up. Also, tension grows with Marty and Doc, as Marty knows when Doc dies. Whenever Marty tries to tell Doc, he's either distracted

There is a quote from a Kelly Clarkson song that goes “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” This quote can strongly imply in the case of bullying because being a bully makes a person stronger and who does not want to be a strong, bad ass person? Everyone should be able to bully and bully whomever they want. Bullying should be taking place in the classroom, online via Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter but why stop there? Bullying should be happening on the road, in the drive thru, at Starbucks