Evelyn is a woman whose marriage is falling apart. She meets Ninny
Threadgoode while visiting her husband's aunt. Ninny tells her
a story
of Idgie Threadgoode that brings Evelyn back to hear more. While
listening to the emotionally capturing story, she learns about
oppression, struggles, and how friendship can conquer them all.
Issues
such as self-worth, discrimination, abuse and aging are dealt with
and
drawn in to create an enthralling drama.
1. I wondered about how Idgie's parents
attitudes toward women had
an effect in her development. Did they
leave dealing with Idgie's
emotions up to her brother?
2. Does doing the right thing always
end up with such depressing
effects? Ruth was obviously raised differently
than Idgie. How is
it that women today can learn to overcome
a social cripple(like
Ruth being expected to do the "right" thing)of
not taking action?
3. Evelyn did all the traditional socially
acceptable things for
her husband. She cooked, had a beautiful
house and always gave his
opinion precedence. The result was unhappiness,
low self-esteem,
and timidity. He didn't respect her
as a person until she stood up
for herself and had the strength and inspiration
from Ninny's story
and advice. Do we reinforce the belief
still that a person should
take a role of lesser opinion and servitude
just because they are
quieter?
4. Do you have the same reaction of horror
when you hear of
abuse? Is this included under mandatory
reporting if we notice
signs in the wife?
5. Do you think the car slamming should
have happened? Was it as
good reaction for Evelyn to have considering
the situation? Does
this fall under the category of violence and
should that be
applauded?
Have fun. I bought this movie because
I think it's a classic and
inspiring.
Submitted by Renee' Waterer