Essay 3 Draft

Ying Huei Lay
5/18/09
Essay3
Like literature, film can make an argument. In this case, you saw three films from the 50s that portrayed women in a very specific way. Considering the three films (SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, ATTACK OF THE 50FT WOMAN and REAR WINDOW), make an argument that a) synthesizes the three main women in each film and b) touches on the representation of women in the 50s.

In 1950s, the most common representation of the women were housewives and had less social life then men did. In the movies of Splendor in the Grass, Attack of the 50ft Woman and Rear Window, each main woman represented individual woman character in 1950s and early 1960s. The society was a somehow a hand that pulled woman back to where they belong to. The women were often went nuts by not getting what they desired.

In the beginning of the movie Splendor if the Grass, Deanie Loomis was a high school student that had a boyfriend, Bud Stamper. There were kisses, touches and hugs between her and Bud, but she tried to be a good girl cross not to cross the line when Bud wanted to. Ginny was Bud's older sister. She went art school in Chicago, but was having an relationship with a man that she was unmarried to and was ended up sent back home. Ginny was considered as the flapper. The flapper was like a style of new generation that existed during the Great Depression in 1920s. Flappers were women who followed fashion, wore short skirt, cut hair short, went to parties and flirted with men. Bud wanted to have sexual relationship with Deanie, but Deanie was too well-behaved to take it. And Bud ended up to have have a sexual relationship with another girl which drove Deanie crazy. Deanie was mental ill till the someone asked her to go to school dance. She cut her hair short and tried to behave like a flapper. She went up to Bud and asked him to have a sexual relationship with her. Bud was surprised and rejected her. She went back to the water fall to commit suicide that where many couples made out included her and Bud. Later she was sent to a hospital to fix her mental illness and had fell in love with a man who worked there. And Bud was married to a girl he met in a Pizzeria and had babies.

In the Attack of the 50ft Woman, Nancy Archer was a rich women. She was once divorced to Harry Archer, but was back together again. Harry was cheating on Nancy with a girl named, Honey Parker. One day Nancy was driving on the highway, a satellite landed in front of her with a 30ft tall alien in it. She run away and told the cops what she saw, no one believed in her. After she got home, Harry was trying to comfort her after he got back from the bar. Nancy argued with Harry about how he's cheating on her and how much she still love Harry. A day after, Nancy turned on the television, a television news anchor was making fun of the story of her saw a satellite and a 30ft giant. Nancy was mad and broke the television. She asked Harry to go to the desert with her to find the satellite. They were disappointed after searching for a long time. Suddenly, Nancy saw a light the flashed in front of her, they chased and found the satellite. The 30ft tall alien came out and got Nancy, Harry was too scared and ran home. After Harry got home, he was trying the pack up and leave but the house keeper stopped him. They had a fight. The housekeeper called police to find Nancy. Later Nancy was found next to the swimming pool on top of the roof. Doctors found weird blue-color marks on Nancy's neck. Harry and Honey overheard that nurse has to be careful with a mount of shot that's given to Nancy, because too much could kill her. Harry stole the needle shot with overload drug, the nurse followed him. When he was about the give to shot, the nurse turned on the light. They both got shocked. Nancy's body grew larger. Later Nancy woke up to look for Harry, while he was having fun with Honey in a bar. Nancy broke the roof to get out and walked toward the town to find Harry. No could could stop her. Honey was dead when Nancy broke the roof of the bar that something dropped on Honey and died. Nancy got Harry in her hand. It was too tight for Harry in her hand that he couldn't breath and died too. The police gun shot the electric pole which electrocuted Nancy.