The film from class that I most identified with was “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.” Of all the films we have watched so far, this film and the readings that accompanied it were the most interesting and applicable to my emergence as a new teacher. I was most excited to watch the film because I love Maggie Smith and had never heard of this film. As I began to watch, I became entranced by her performance and by attempting to discover the message the film is attempting to portray. After watching and
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark Miss Brodie fails to be a good teacher because she teaches on her own accord, gives her students wrong impressions, and displays unprofessional behavior towards her staff and pupils. As a schoolteacher in Edinburgh during the 1930’s there were many rules and regulations that teachers had to adhere to in order to successfully feed the minds of their young pupils. Schoolteachers had more of a responsibility during this period than today because
out of what is already there in the pupil.s soul” (36). Miss Jean Brodie, the eccentric teacher at Marcia Blaine.s School for Girls, tells the headmistress of the school that this is her method of teaching. But would others, who are more rational, see Miss Brodie.s teaching methods as such or would they see those methods as her projecting her own ideas and beliefs onto impressionable children? It would seem to most that Brodie is fascinated and inspired by the fascist movement and has, in her
The Dangers of Social Conformity Exposed in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie depicts the coming of age of six adolescent girls in Edinburgh, Scotland during the 1930's. The story brings us into the classroom of Miss Jean Brodie, a fascist school teacher at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, and gives close encounter with the social and political climate in Europe during the era surrounding the second World War. Spark's novel is a narrative relating
the Union cause, and please abolitionist Northerners. From the start of the Civil War, Lincoln clarified that the goal of the war was not “`to put down slavery, but to put the flag back,’” and he refused to declare the war as a war over slavery (Brodie 155 as qtd. in Klingaman 75-76). In a letter to Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, in August 1862, Lincoln wrote: “My paramount object in this struggle is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing
certain girl, Alyssa. But there is a huge obstacle in the way; Alyssa is a lesbian. Therefore she doesn’t want to hurt Holden but she knows there is no way a relationship between the two of them could ever work out. In comparison to Mallrats, where Brodie and T.S. are dumped by their girlfriends, and in turn decide to “seek refuge” at the mall. As it turns out, their ex’s are there, which causes a calamity of chaos to break out. The up roar in the mall is the main focus but the failing relationships
reveals that she used the layering of the paint to give the painting texture which creates this impression. Like Morisot, Muriel Sparks also uses the layering of her words to create an impression of her subject, Miss Jean Brodie, in her novella, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. This layering contributes depth and complexity that is prevalent in the impressionistic style of art and literature. Jesse Metz, in the introduction of his book, Literary Impressionism and Modernist Aesthetics, speculates that
Analysis of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodice by Muriel Spark “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a novel about a teacher’s dedication to her pupils. It is also about loyalty and betrayal.” The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a novel about a teacher’s dedication to her pupils. It is also about loyalty and betrayal. The novel emphasises the effects of dedication, loyalty and betrayal within a small group of people and the way in which they are all intertwined. It forces the reader to look at particular
Madame Bovary and Miss. Jean Brodie are two characters who are unable to mature emotionally and therefore are without objectivity. It is much like they are too big children with the power to hurt others around them who expect them to be objective. In society, a degree of objectivity is needed to function properly. Objectivity is also needed to realize that happiness in not won by using other people, but my corroborating with them. Madame Bovary and Miss Jean Brodie are unable to see past their private
The symbols recognized in Muriel Spark’s novel, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, establish a deeper truth within the story. Specifically, Sandy’s small eyes are continuously brought up at the perfect moments, which can make readers question what the eyes of Sandy Stranger represent. The small eyes of Sandy show significant character traits, important features in the plot, and recognize the reasons as to why Sandy makes the decisions she does. Without her explicit small eyes, the novel would be completely
Profitability Ratios: The proforma trend for 2007’s gross margin remained at 28.5%. These larger COGS would continue to effect the organization to the 2007 year. However, it should be noted that the ROE for Brodie Industrial Supply was larger than the industry average at 47.5% compared to the industry at 14.4%. This difference can be attributed to the expansion of their faculties as well as their sustainable growth which occurred from 2004 to 2006. The 2007 trend indicates that profitability will
friends Broderick “Brodie” Stewart Sun and Kate Clancy also discover the existence of the cave in which contains the glyphs. As Brodie and Kate plan their trip to the cave, Darrell feels troubled and she declare that she “hated to share the cave with anyone [...]” (Dyer 142). In the end, Darrell is overwhelmed by her selfishness and thus refusing to reveal her understanding of the glyphs, which demonstrates a rash decision. Later on, Kwan 2 as they arrive at the cave, Brodie decided to take a sample
created 300 or more from his most famous plant the peanut.(Brodie, 75) Carver ofentimes just gave a base idea and over time people continued to work on it. There are still many people working in Tuskeegee to better Carvers ideas. Some are working with sweet potatos to end world
Angelica, the fashion trendsetter, at Timber Creek Regional Middle, is truly the fashionista at this establishment. This eccentric 8th grader always left her peers gawking. At this glum middle school, Angelica was the first to obtain electric blue hair and have her cartilage pierced, yet this design that she came into school with today overlooks all others. Angelica has a tattoo on her upper right arm of a heart with an arrow piercing it. Wait, Angelica, the 8th grader has a tattoo? Of course the
He writes, “All parties with an interest of one sort or another in the antiquities trade agree that it causes a certain amount of damage to the world’s archaeological heritage” (1). Brodie is right to say that the antiquities market does do some damage to the archaeological world because of looting. However, one cannot ignore the fact that the antiquities market has helped to spread ancient cultures across the world, which has done
Brodie argues that the antiquities market is flawed because there is no dialogue between the parties involved. Brodie writes, “Several studies of exhibition and auction catalogues have shown that most recently assembled collections are composed largely of antiquities with no verifiable provenance, and that most
himself to the point that he was selected to create the first map of Virginia (Jefferson 3). Although his father passed away when Thomas was 14 (Brodie, 38) the desire to learn had already been passed down from father to son (Brodie, 35). Thomas began his formal education at age five, being tutored at “the English school” on the plantation where he lived (Brodie, 49). At age nine he was sent to another school and began learning languages, although he was dismissive of his teacher’s abilities (Jefferson
her newborn (Brodie, 1995). Women’s movements are attempting to put pressure on the government for a de-medicalized and women friendly health care system, however these actions are only being used against them. Instead of the state looking at the costs for health care or social factors the state instead is pushing these Women’s movements to help support the reform of injecting more responsibility on the home and individual women, especially regarding women’s unpaid labour (Brodie, 1995). If the
Trade of antiquities in all parts of the world is still a large industry, though these artifacts are often taken by unethical and illegal means. Many times, the way they are acquired destroys archaeological information. Additionally, the objects taken out of concepts are often stripped of their cultural context and instead forced to be understood through Western standards and ideas. Some solutions to these problems are to educate people about archaeological heritage and to improv law enforcement
the two are talking with Dante, Jay graphically humps Silent Bob in an attempt to show what he would like to do to Caitlin. In Mallrats, Jay and Silent Bob leave a scene with their arms around each other and then Jay quickly grabs the crotches of Brodie and T.S. Jay’s ability to be physical with Silent Bob in public displays his comfortable acceptance of homosocial desire. Besides the physical moments the two share, Silent Bob is not afraid to show emotional sensitivity that would often be classified