Orange Is The New Black Essay

Imagine how fast life can go from being free to being trapped inside a cell with just one simple mistake. Jenji Kohan created the show Orange is the New Black. Kohan created a world full of murderers, rapists and drug dealers inside an all womens’ prison called Litchfield. The show is mostly based around the life of Piper Chapman (Taylor Schelling.) In the first couple episodes of Orange is the New Black Piper realizes that prison isn’t that great. She gets starved from an older lady who runs the kitchen, and she ends up reuniting with the girl that got her in prison in the first place. Orange is the New Black isn’t just about life inside prison, it’s layered with backstories of how most of the inmates ended up in prison. These backstories are important to younger viewers that don’t realize that it only takes one simple mistake sometimes to end up in prison. The backstories range from prostitution, theft, racial injustice, mental illness but mostly drugs. Kohan created a show that could have been easily picked apart by the media and parents because of the glorification of prison. Kohan sparked interest by somehow doing the complete opposite. Orange is the New Black glorifies how strong people can be regardless of how bad the situation is. Orange is the New

The majority of the prison has been divided by race. The division doesn’t make the inmates separated or feel divided. Although, you see the Latinas with the Latinas, and the African-Americans with the African-Americans. Regardless of their race or the social situation of people, the inmates take care of each other most of the time. The women have adapted to life inside prison. Some women will be in there for less than a year, while others will spend the rest of their lives there. Prison is a lonely place, and in order to survive, friendships have to be made. The inmates learned to rely on each other and support each other through any