Throughout history individuals have described Paris for its architecture, cuisine, historical monuments or what the city is called, “The City of Lights”. But what most people do not know is how the women of Paris assisted in shaping the city over time. During and After, World War One, Paris was significantly impacted leaving many females in the workforce. In the book, which is set in 1912, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, Adele portrays herself as a heroism that is self-sufficient, independent and out spoken. Thru the course of the comic book the author is revealing his knowledge about the complex perspective of women. This can be tied to the film The Crime of Monsieur Lange, which is set in the 1930s, and how the director
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They have many of the same attributes; however, the role they play in their love life differs. This is directly related to how people perceive them while working. A main lead man in the movie, Batala swoons over Valentine. Her character in movie is shown to have dominance over him in a romantic yet sarcastic way. He is the center of her business always looking out for her needs. It is because of men like Batala in the workforce that help women like Valentine to rely on them for whatever it is they need for their work. In the book Adele is outspoken and quite self-determined; therefore she does not need any man to depend on for her work because she can do it for herself. In the beginning of the book where the two cars get in a shootout, Adele gets wounded and when the two cars collide, she accidentally falls out of the vehicle, which really ticks her off. It is at this point she draws a gun and says “That’s it! Now I’m fed up!” (cite) and shoots at the fuel tank of the other car and blows it up. This scene shows how liberated she is because she will not take any nonsense and shows it clearly by blowing up the other automobile. The distinction from this scene is related to how women feel while working. Set back in the early to mid-1900, women were not allowed to be working a man’s career. Although when the war broke out many females had to go out to work to take over the man’s positions
They have many of the same attributes; however, the role they play in their love life differs. This is directly related to how people perceive them while working. A main lead man in the movie, Batala swoons over Valentine. Her character in movie is shown to have dominance over him in a romantic yet sarcastic way. He is the center of her business always looking out for her needs. It is because of men like Batala in the workforce that help women like Valentine to rely on them for whatever it is they need for their work. In the book Adele is outspoken and quite self-determined; therefore she does not need any man to depend on for her work because she can do it for herself. In the beginning of the book where the two cars get in a shootout, Adele gets wounded and when the two cars collide, she accidentally falls out of the vehicle, which really ticks her off. It is at this point she draws a gun and says “That’s it! Now I’m fed up!” (cite) and shoots at the fuel tank of the other car and blows it up. This scene shows how liberated she is because she will not take any nonsense and shows it clearly by blowing up the other automobile. The distinction from this scene is related to how women feel while working. Set back in the early to mid-1900, women were not allowed to be working a man’s career. Although when the war broke out many females had to go out to work to take over the man’s positions