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The Radica/.1 ,frhe UIIL'mwy Literary ancl I'owro I'i:d Pie: Society
No matter the dlc;.1dc, thm: wi II ah\a: s he pt'ople ,, ho do not confom1 to the prt'scribed
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gender norms of tho society. In the hook, Thi' u uam,'.' Literary and I'orvw Pe~/ Pie Soci('(J by
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Mary Ann Shaffer and :\nniL lhmrn s. the n111c1.:pts t1f g.cnJcr :ire played ur~)n, JS two ch.i.rJctcrs
act r;.1dically different than what ,,as L':\PL'Cted from their g.epacr at that timc. T:u.ing p!Jcc in the , - \
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Post-World \\'ar II era. the g.Lndcr Jescriptinns of ,\11.11 :1 nun .inJ .1 \\tHn:m is rcm.iinLJ
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conscrvatin:. The m;.111 is e:-...pectL'd ll1 be .in :1uthorit,lli\'e. leading tigure ,, hik the.. ,,omJ.n is to tx
the obedient. nurturing. t: pc. 1lo,,e,cr. the t,, o Lh;iraL'lL'rs Julitt Ashton :mJ DJ\\SC~ .-\d:ims ...
perform differently rrnm their prL'!-CribeJ g.L'IHkr 1wnns. Juliet ,,oirfd p0rtra~ lllt're mJsculint
characteristics ,, hi le Da,, ~c: "? "d portray mon. lc:minine ch:1r.1cttristiL'S. thus. sho,, ing how
:\n cxamrk of htm Juliet \Hll1~J b~ lllor~ masculinl.'. is \\h~n :;he i:; angry \\ith her
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.._ lica11t (1\hcr :It thl' ti111l'. ~ lark Re\'llolJs.
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that thL people or the islands saddled hL'r \\ ith their responsibilities...\lthou~h Juliet\\ as upset
with \\ hat ~ Luk said. she remained quiet until he brnught up how ::-he should lcaw Kit. a chilJ
she has gn1\\ n ac,ustomcd too and is taking cm.: L1( before she stans thinking Juliet ,, otild 1J.ke
care O f her. It ,, as at that 1110111cnt 1hat Juliet ,, cn1 nff at ~lark :tnd altlH)ugh they did not sho,, the
ocial Meanings of Gender as hi.:, 1nt,crpr1: ts .. the aura o1-aggression.
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she fru st ratingly argues with Mark, violence when she almost threw the bowl at him. and daring
for even starting an argument in the first place. Her being able to show these masculine
characteristics break the stereotypes of how women act submissively towards men.
Another time Juliet is shown to be more masculine is when she asks Dawsey to marry
her. Throughout the book Juliet has been slowly falling in lo\e with Dawsey. but she could never
really figure out if he felt the same way towards her since he was so quiet and shy. This constant
wondering was soon put to rest when Juliet learned that Dawsey kept personal keep ake . which
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were all of her letters \Happed in a blue ribbon she thought she lost. and several pictures of
herself and Kit (271). This made Juliet realize that Dawsey loved her and at that moment she
rushed to him and asked if she can marry him. Typically, the man is suppo ed to be the one who , ~
asks the woman to marry him. but Juliet did not care for this nonn. As Jason Del Gandio
describes in his book Rhetoric/or Radical 1. social norms often set limits for acceptable
beha\ior. action. and thought: (Del Gandio 10). Thi social nonn of \\aiting for the man to ask
for marriage restrains true lo,e from ever blooming. :'\ot only does this norm limit Juliet from
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e\er admitting her love to Dawsey. but it al o limits their lo\e as well because Dawsey is inet at __
The job that Juliet also has as an author al o displays her elf breaking gender norms.
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During World War II. she wrote amusing war obsenations in a humor column for The Lo11do11
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J'iml!s under the moniker Izzy Bickerslaff. That column gavc Julie! tile opportunity to share her
opinions on the ongoing war to the n:mlers of the newspapers which cnn be considered rare for a
woman. As Dustin I larp slates in his article "More of the Same Old Story? Women. War, and \
e'-"S in Time Magazine: .. Giwn that men dominate 1he public sphere regarding war. women
have long been absent from debates on war. This is dangerous because although women may not I
dominate the front lines of war. they arc sti ll very much a part of war in different capacitic~ ... (
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What this proves is that despite the odds of her not being able to give her views in a male
dominated space. she still found a way to do so. Her insights on the war arc to be taken
humorously. but the bigger picture of her writing these columns show that the women arc very
ow. from S\\'itching from Juliet to Dawsey, \\'e can see how he acts different from his
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pn:scribcd gender norms by how he speaks to people. Spccilically, to when he speaks to Remy
Giraud. a I lolocaust survivor who knows about the fate of his close friend Elizabdh McKenna.
Dawsc:y wants to kno\\' mon: about what happened to Elizabeth while she was with Remy in the
concentration camp. but asking questions would be difficult since Remy was still fragile from the
experience. I lo,, e, er, Dawsey was able to case her into answering questions after he talked
about Elizabeth's daughter Kit. This helped relax Remy and he is able to ask more questions
( 188-189). How Dawsey acts can be backed by Devor 011<:e again, as h1.: says that "subordin:.itt:
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speakers who use 111or1.: p<ilite expressions and ask more questions in conversations seem more
feminine." ( I). How Da,,sey speaks to Remy shows how much of a feminine: speaker he i~ as it
displays his ability to be thoughtful and symp,llhetic. That consideration to how he speaks is vcn
important for him because it lets him get his point aeross that the questions he is asking is in
good intentions and talking about Kit shows that. IJ'he was to act more masculine in th1.. ,,ay he
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ralked to her by speaking dominant and aggre sively. then he may han: not gotten the ans\\ers he
Another example of Dawsey breaking social nom1s is that he acts nurturing 1owarJs
Remy. When he was strolling with Remy one time there came these big dogs that came towards
them. Remy suddenly began to feel extremely ill as those big dogs reminded her of the bad
memories she had in the concentration camp. Dawsey knew right away what \\JS happening due
to her telling him of the experience before. and he quickly swooped in and helped her. According
to Del Gandio in.Rhetoric for Radicals, --Just as you rt'ad and respond to the audience antl the
si tuation, you must read and re pond 10 the surrounding context. This rhetorical a\\'an:ness I I
allo,, s you 10 use the most appropriate language.'' ( l 05). With context. Dawsey was able to read
the situation right J\\U)' and wa able 10 aid Remy by taking on the feminine rok of a carer and
helping her. This \\'Ould 1101 be expected for Da,, sey to do as a male but he didn't gin: a second
thought when it came 10 helping her. thus. showing his more nurturing side when it comes to
helping people.
while Dawsey is a character ,,ho is physically strong, his personality is quite the opposite as he
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is quiet and shy. These characteristics does not really bother his close friends at all, but in the
Romeo Vitelli, he discusses about the acceptance of being shy in society: "There arc also gender
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differences with shy boys being more likely to have socioemotional diniculties than shy girls.
This is probably due 10 shyness being less socially acceptable for boys than for girls since boys
arc expected to be more dominant and sclf-contiden1.' To put it in another \\H)', being a male
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\\hen idney Stark., Juliet"s bos~ and close frii.:nd. dcscribi.: Da\\ scy. he say . --He did not ay
mu h at our fin meeting- nor at any or our mecung since. come 10 think of it-but let him ,,alk
into a room. and e,cryonc in it seems to breathe a littk sigh of rdieC ( haffer and Barrows
19-l ). Perhaps the reason why his friends cnJ0) him so much is bt-causi: of how hi: docs not act
ho" at) pica I man should act. 'idne~ stati:s that Oa\\sey i quiet but how could someone" ho , ,. . (1
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has difficulties \\ith social interaction:. at1i:ct pc-opk in th:it \,ay'! This goes to sho" how a \ '
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person docs not need to act to pre cri bi.:J gender nonns to be accepted :.md liked. \ I"" S' \;.
In conclu 1011. the characters tmak. the mold orwhat makes up thc-ir gender. Juliet comes
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off more as ma culinc b~ being abk 10 show her aggressiwnes:. to dominating men like Mnrk (
Re)nolds. a king for D,l\\Sc~ s hand in marriage. and ha,ing a job typically hdd by men.
!)a" sc) sho\\ s more femininity by being able to coll\ ince pi:ople with his subordinate way of
speaking. showing his nurturing allitude. and being intro,wted and shy. By paying no attention
to these social norms these two character), \\Crc abk to expenencc: more than what their
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