Barriers faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people are starting to become clearer in society today. Personally, I don't care if you are gay or not, and I am going to treat you the same no matter what your sexual preference is. Sometimes, I slip up and say "that's gay" or something along those lines, but it is just a habit I have from being around influential people and friends. I know that this is wrong, and I am working on solving this problem. Gays and lesbians are being hated every day just because of their feelings toward other people of the same sex, and this is a horrible thing.
After reading Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, I was left confused and upset. I did not really understand the book at all, except for the fact that the main character is a lesbian and she is outcasted by the Church and her mother. The book seemed to skip through the life of Jeanette, and I am not even sure of how old she was throughout the whole book. I do feel that Jeanette is not treated right in the book, and that may have caused her to become a lesbian. Perhaps the whole reason for the book being called Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit is because it is saying that heterosexuality is not the only way to live your life.
The Westboro Church is filled with a lot of horrible people. The way that they use reasoning to explain things is ridiculous and absolutely insane. They believe that soldiers are dying in war because we allow gay marriage in our country. In class, the person in the movie even proved the leader of the Westboro Church wrong by saying that there is nothing in the Ten Commandments about gay marriage. Overall, the "Church" goes about doing things in a terrible way, and I feel that even though there is a right for free speech in this country, there should be a line drawn somewhere.
totally agree with your analysis of the title, I was thinking the same thing. I too have a problem with saying that things are gay and it's just what your around that makes you say it. Take for instance I'm around my African American friends and family a lot and they tend to use the "n" word. I say it too but I don't like saying it. I try to stop but it's every where I go and that is the same thing with the word gay.
ReplyDeleteAW. I'm proud of you for trying to fix saying "That's gay" because this saying really upsets me as I wrote about in my blog. I definately agree with your interpretation of the novel. I was left extremely confused and am glad to know I was not the only one. It was a good point to highlight how we really don't even know Jeanette, the main characters age. It's hard to judge and at times I had no idea what was going on, if some things were a dream, real, or one of the stories that the author randomly included.
ReplyDeleteYep, what everyone else said was basically my response. Totally agree with your thoughts on the novel. It wasn't well-written and was just confusing. also, I'm glad to see our group is very open with GLBT community and accepts people for who they are. Awesome response
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