First Sentence Blog

It was a queer sultry summer the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and i didnt know what i was doing in new york. This is the opening sentence to the book that we are going to read and honestly i am not very optimistic about where the book will go from here. However from this first sentence i was able to make a few conclusion about the rest of the chapter before reading it. the first is that Esther had no idea what she was doing in New York, which made me think that she was not born there or did not live there permanently. The second thing that i got was that she feels a distance from everything around her from the way that she said they. This makes the distinction that she is not supportive and does nt feel taht she wants to be a part of things.

Decision

The decision that Kirsten Dunst makes to keep her marriage and to go ahead with it completely conforms to the thoughts of the time period. Even though she is not happy and will probably not find happiness in her relationship she goes ahead with it. She is so eager fit into the stereotypes of the time that she completely jepeordizes her individuality. This is a complete embodiment o the ideals of the time because she is doing exactly what everone expects a Welsely girl to do. They are to abandon their own hopes and dreams in order to fit into their parents dreams and satisfy thier man, which is exactly what the decision that Kirsten Dunst makes shows.

Portrayal of time period

Mona Lisa Smile portrays this era as an era that is not open for change but is completely ready for it. Everything was so rigid in structure that change and flexibility was inevitable. Because of the way that Julia Roberts is in the film she becomes an agent of change. She is someone who believe in individuality in an overall unindividual age. The things that are too riid at the time and gice a good portrayal of the time are throughout the movie. The situation with the birth control and the firing of the nursecompletely protrays a complete unwillingness for the accepting of change. Other areas where change is shown as an enemy is the situation in which Kirsten Dunst in married. She is completely ungappt but she thinks that her marriage is so normal and so perfect because of how she sees the generation before her going.