The short story “Bangana” (2014) by CJ Hauser deals with drone pilot, mother of one and wife Alicia Brennan. The inner monologue spans over about a week of Alicia’s life as both a mom, wife and drone pilot in the army. The main theme explored in this short story is gender roles. Our protagonist Alicia indirectly battles the traditional household gender roles, with her working as a drone pilot for the army against the middle east and Daddio, who’s a farmer living as the head of his family in Afghanistan.
The text is about a woman named Alicia Brennan. It centers around her work as a drone pilot for the Army and her family life with her boyfriend Sean and her child Bug. First off, we hear about Alicia’s past. She was a real pilot for the army, …show more content…
Alicia’s the head of the home in her life. She’s the one with the better paid job and she’s working more than her boyfriend of husband Sean. Sean is a history teacher who, as it seems like in the short story, takes care of both Bug and Alicia. Sean is the one taking care of Bug while Alicia is working. She comes home one day finding Sean with Bug sleeping on his on the couch: “At home I find Sean on the couch, Bug asleep across his lap.” (line 76). The traditional gender roles with the man being the head of the family is therefore challenged by Alicia in this text, not only between the …show more content…
It says in the text that Alicia most likely feels overcommitted to her job. She feels like she’s not there for her family and she can finally see that, therefore she wants to spend more time with them and it shows in her saying: “I mentally reenlist in my family, re-upping us again.” (lines 85-86). Alicia refers to her job in the army by using the phrase “reenlist” which means that you apply to the army after being in it once already, so she’s not that imbedded in her family quite yet because she still uses phrases about the army.
“Bagana” is a short story that deals with gender roles, and starts the debate whether the traditional household gender roles are wrong or not. Alicia Brennan tells us about the challenges that comes with being the head of the family, as well as her fight against the traditional gender roles which is portrayed by Daddio and his family in the story. Through analysis we can tell that she doesn’t care a whole lot about the traditional gender roles and she’s challenging them by being dishonest about her opinion on Daddio’s actions just because she wants a target on his back for being
The text is about a woman named Alicia Brennan. It centers around her work as a drone pilot for the Army and her family life with her boyfriend Sean and her child Bug. First off, we hear about Alicia’s past. She was a real pilot for the army, …show more content…
Alicia’s the head of the home in her life. She’s the one with the better paid job and she’s working more than her boyfriend of husband Sean. Sean is a history teacher who, as it seems like in the short story, takes care of both Bug and Alicia. Sean is the one taking care of Bug while Alicia is working. She comes home one day finding Sean with Bug sleeping on his on the couch: “At home I find Sean on the couch, Bug asleep across his lap.” (line 76). The traditional gender roles with the man being the head of the family is therefore challenged by Alicia in this text, not only between the …show more content…
It says in the text that Alicia most likely feels overcommitted to her job. She feels like she’s not there for her family and she can finally see that, therefore she wants to spend more time with them and it shows in her saying: “I mentally reenlist in my family, re-upping us again.” (lines 85-86). Alicia refers to her job in the army by using the phrase “reenlist” which means that you apply to the army after being in it once already, so she’s not that imbedded in her family quite yet because she still uses phrases about the army.
“Bagana” is a short story that deals with gender roles, and starts the debate whether the traditional household gender roles are wrong or not. Alicia Brennan tells us about the challenges that comes with being the head of the family, as well as her fight against the traditional gender roles which is portrayed by Daddio and his family in the story. Through analysis we can tell that she doesn’t care a whole lot about the traditional gender roles and she’s challenging them by being dishonest about her opinion on Daddio’s actions just because she wants a target on his back for being