Feminist Perspective: Blackrock
Blackrock, written by Nick Enright is a text which clearly illustrates the views of the feminist critical perspective. The text can be directly related to the feminist critical perspective by analysing the way male characters treat the female characters, how the female characters are referred to and how the female characters act towards the male characters.
During the opening scene we meet Cherie, a girl who loves to surf and idolizes a female surfing legend; Wendy Botha but when we meet Jared we quickly see that women and men are placed into different categories. Men and women aren’t given the same rights and opportunities; female characters often need to seek permission from males which often sparks an argument; favouring the male. This exact scenario occurs between Cherie and Jared; Jared makes a slightly shocking comment ‘cause any other guy’d smack you in the mouth’ this indicates that violence isn’t all that uncommon; and is accepted within the community. In this case Jared considers Cherie incapable of surfing, with the belief that women are incapable of of doing the same things as men, particularly male dominated sports. Some of the male characters in the book believe that the role of women is to serve them and as a someone to take their anger …show more content…
This is conveyed throughout the text by the way male characters treat the female characters, how the female characters are referred to and how the female character’s act towards the male characters. With the array of personalities, the text becomes more accurate, as it represents the clashing personalities that we see in the real world, and the two types of women; a dependent woman and the independent modern day
Blackrock, written by Nick Enright is a text which clearly illustrates the views of the feminist critical perspective. The text can be directly related to the feminist critical perspective by analysing the way male characters treat the female characters, how the female characters are referred to and how the female characters act towards the male characters.
During the opening scene we meet Cherie, a girl who loves to surf and idolizes a female surfing legend; Wendy Botha but when we meet Jared we quickly see that women and men are placed into different categories. Men and women aren’t given the same rights and opportunities; female characters often need to seek permission from males which often sparks an argument; favouring the male. This exact scenario occurs between Cherie and Jared; Jared makes a slightly shocking comment ‘cause any other guy’d smack you in the mouth’ this indicates that violence isn’t all that uncommon; and is accepted within the community. In this case Jared considers Cherie incapable of surfing, with the belief that women are incapable of of doing the same things as men, particularly male dominated sports. Some of the male characters in the book believe that the role of women is to serve them and as a someone to take their anger …show more content…
This is conveyed throughout the text by the way male characters treat the female characters, how the female characters are referred to and how the female character’s act towards the male characters. With the array of personalities, the text becomes more accurate, as it represents the clashing personalities that we see in the real world, and the two types of women; a dependent woman and the independent modern day