In today’s class, we talked about the social and political lenses that answer narratives. Mr. Rivers gave us a little exercise so that we’d get an idea of what these lenses exactly mean. We were to classify the school cafeteria’s social and political aspects. Social, being community values and political, being power. As a class, we came up with a list containing some examples:
Social:
Tables as community
Older = middle
Younger = outside
Clubs/Teams
Political:
Principal & Teachers = discipline
Money = Power
Seniors can leave
Once the list was completed, we continued watching “Get Out” from where we left off the day before. As always, we were to take notes on the film. The notes had to consist of the relation that the movie has with these two types of lenses.
Chris and Rose finally arrive to the family house, where a series of interesting and questionable events occur. We are introduced to the parents, both of which seem to be on different pages. The father acts like he has never talked to a stranger. The mother, on the other hand, is very relaxed but yet seems to be embarrassed of her husband. After being introduced to Rose’s parents, Chris gets a tour of the house and something seems odd as the only worker/servers are black. In addition, the severs’ way of talking and socializing is just off, as if they were being controlled. Later in the night, Chris’ memory of his mother’s death is opened once again when Rose’s mother hypnotizes him.
I did not dive too much into detail of what happened in the movie because I wanted to focus on the main events. If you are wondering what exactly happened, you can watch this movie on Amazon Prime or simply go to the Sparta Library, where it is probably available. Either way I hope you are able to get a general idea of what we did in class today and you are up-to-date with everything so you can participate in class next time.
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