Idea to write about for my final

Since the final will probably require more than three movies to refer off of (although im not actually sure) I think I will choose a broader topic to write about. For example, identity would be a good one to write about. How one identifies themselves and how the world receives a person based on their labels could be seen in many of the movies we watched. In Persepolis, Marjane was bad mouthed and treated differently in Europe because of the way people there saw Iranians. She also wasn’t safe back at home since she was coming off as radical when women were supposed to be submissive. Her family came from communist and anyone who wore this label was persecuted by the regime. Then in another film, Blue is the Warmest Colour, I think Adele was ashamed of being sexually attracted to women especially in that one scene where her “friend” made it seem like being lesbian meant that you were a predator of all women which isn’t true. Adele therefore struggles with this label which has become her identity and to reiterate, this seems to be a reoccurring theme in several of the films we have watched.

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