Themes/Ideas - Hidden Figures by Tamar Caro https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr Novel Study en-us 2018-11-06 00:50:45 UTC 2024-12-18 08:45:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Persistance and resilience can be an effective agent for change and moving forward. (Georgia) https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642615012 - “ Any movement, means movement for all of us”- Dorothy. This shows through resilience she is trying to make a change in the black working community / trying to gain more respect”
- Near the end of the movie when Mary and a co worker are conversating and the camera angle is level meaning they are looked upon as equals symbolising some sort of change. 
- The low camera angle , with a slight more focus on Katherine when working out the mathematical equations none of the white men could do themselves shows a sense of power and superiority towards Katherine which also gives us a sense of positive change, more respect towards the black women in the working community and the idea of moving forward.
“Every time we get ahead they move the finish line”- said by Mary shows that even though the people of the NASA workplace are trying to make it difficult for them to rise in the promotion ladder, they are still continuing to thrive and do their work to the best of their ability disregarding their set backs.

]]> 2020-06-29 05:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642615012 Genius is not confined to one gender or race - Cullen https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642618725 “ I plan on being an engineer at NASA...I can’t change the color of my skin. 

“And I’m a Polish Jew whose parents died in a Nazi prison camp. Now I’m standing beneath a spaceship that’s going to carry an astronaut to the stars. I think we can say we are living the impossible.“

“I will have you know I was the first Negro female student at West Virginia University Graduate School. On any given day, I analyze the manometer levels for air displacement, friction, and velocity, and compute over ten thousand calculations by cosine, square root, and lately, Analytic Geometry, by hand. There are twenty bright, highly capable Negro women in the West Computing Group, and we’re proud to be doing our part for the country. So, yes, they let women do some things at NASA, Mr. Johnson, and it’s not because we wear skirts. It’s because we wear glasses. Have a good day.”

]]> 2020-06-29 05:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642618725 To achieve something extraordinary we can't allow race and gender to get in the way https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642619103 Jaren
IF Race and Gender of people’s work environments and tasks, people would have a massive problem. Great minds can be in those of different colours or genders and humans would not be able to advance if we blocked out these ideas of people strictly because of the way they look.
Why
Because every human has a right to achieve their dreams of whatever it is to be, maybe even changing the world. If a negro woman were too find the Cure Of Cancer, would we consider it useless or ignore it due to her colour. The obvious answer is no and this is why If people become accepting to everyone we would get more done as a whole.

In The Movie Hidden Figures one of the scenes used to give an example of this is when the boss asked Katherine why she had been gone for so long and she replied talking about the coloured woman’s bathroom. This is relates back too our topic because it holds her back from achieving the goal and doing her work. Where if that wasn’t a problem she would be getting things done quicker and more efficiently. 
After they change this, it proves to be that Katherine helps them achieve something that no one else had done before. 
Because of this the director shows that race and sexuality should not hold you back from doing things you wish to do and that people would be able to achieve extraordinary things of this wasn’t a problem.]]> 2020-06-29 05:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642619103 Genius is not confined to one gender or race. https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642619402 By Julian 

“ I plan on being an engineer at NASA...I can’t change the color of my skin. 

In this quote Mary shows that she is highly motivated to achieve her goal of becoming an African American Engineer at NASA, regardless of Her race. She explains to the judge that she cannot change her race or cultural background and uses this as a reason to persuade him to support her and shows him she will not let racial prejudice get in her way. 

“And I’m a Polish Jew whose parents died in a Nazi prison camp. Now I’m standing beneath a spaceship that’s going to carry an astronaut to the stars. I think we can say we are living the impossible.“

In this quote Mr Zielinski is seen speaking to Mary about her dream of becoming an African American Engineer. He explains to Mary that there is no limitation or Restriction that your race will cause you to experience. He uses his own personal example to influence her even more and proving it is possible to achieve her dreams. 

“Well, the curriculum is not designed for teaching a woman.”

“Well I imagine it’s the same as teaching a man.”

This conversation is between Mary and her night school teacher. Mary explains to him that gender shouldn’t be a determination of what can and can’t be learnt. 


]]> 2020-06-29 05:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642619402 Genius is not confined to one gender or race https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642619480 By Chris
- Katherine, Dorothy and Mary showed multiple times that they were capable of being smarter than the white males they were surrounded by. 
- Mary proved that a black women could study an engineers degree, “l plan on being an engineer at NASA” Dorothy fixed and worked the IBM when they thought it was broken along with the computers she took with her, “I’m not accepting reassignment, unless i bring my ladies with me” and Katherine corrected and did the right calculations that were needed for many space tests and launches,
- Katherine was also the only one that the astronaut would trust to do the correct calculations when the IBM didn’t was wrong, ]]> 2020-06-29 05:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642619480 To achieve something extraordinary we can't allow race and gender to get in the way - Steven sdarbyshire https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642619521 -Katherines calculations allow for John Glenn to enter orbit as  he wouldn’t go unless “the girl checked the numbers” , which shows that if she was restricted because of her race and gender then Glenn would not have launched. 

-mr.zeilinski was a polish jew who’s parents died in concentration camps and he was still able to achieve something extraordinary and became a lead NASA engineer , this also applies to Mary as she does not let her race and gender get in the way of her becoming an engineer 

- Katherine explains to mr Johnson that the women at NASA’s computing wing are intelligent and are capable of doing a mans work , this shows that even NASA which is shown to employ people from all backgrounds as is shown with Katherine , mr zeileinski and the women computers , but they still are segregated but it shows that they are not fully discriminating against    race and gender in the quest to reach the moon ]]> 2020-06-29 05:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642619521 To achieve something extraordinary we can’t allow race and gender to get in the way - Aiden https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642619666 The scene where the three woman are confronted by the police officer who asks for their ID’s, he then is shocked to see that they work at NASA because of the colour of their skin. This can also be seen in the scene where Mary Jackson is at the court where she is trying to apply for the engineering course at a




]]> 2020-06-29 05:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642619666 Persistence and resilience can be an effective agent for change and moving forward (bronte) https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642619997 - “ I plan on being an engineer at NASA, but i can’t do that without taking them classes at the all white high school” Mary Jackson doesn’t give up and keeps fighting to be able to attend the school so she can reach her dream and become an engineer. She finally got the judge to allow her to take the classes which could be the start of change regarding who could attend the school.

- “You’re not going to let this go are you” she replies “No I am not very confidently. Kathrine doesn’t give up in a time where she needs to fight for an opportunity which has the possibility of starting change

- “I’m not accepting reassignment, unless i bring my ladies with me” Dorothy doesn’t accept this offer because she knows that it will not achieve anything or start any change for the treatment of coloured women, she fights for the rights of not only herself but the rest of her team]]> 2020-06-29 05:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642619997 Genius is not confined to one gender or race (Leilani) https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642620293 - “They want to take her early” “they are offering a full scholarship, all you have to do is get there”
= despite katherines gender and race she was smart enough to receive a full scholarship into high school before finishing primary school and middle school
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= Dorothy was able to learn how to work the IMB better than the males payed to install the machine. This resulted in her being hired to work the IMB and receive a supervisor position
- Mary ]]> 2020-06-29 05:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642620293 To achieve something extraordinary we can’t allow race and gender to get in the way (Benny) https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642620359 - In the beginning scene, the three women were confronted by a police officer, when he asked for identification,  Katherine, Mary and Dorothy showed that they work for NASA. This brings to the police surprised “I had no idea they hired-(women)” NASA in a way breaks he gender and racial barrier by hiring coloured women like Mary, Katherine and Dorothy. Women worked as computers to assist in the space race.
- Mr Zielinski recognises Mary’s talent and wants her to te impossible (become and engineer) being a coloured woman. “I’m a negro woman, I’m not gonna entertain the impossible” Mr Zielinski insists on her statement. He wants her to further help NASA to achieve something greater and doesn’t want gender and race equality holding her back.
- “No more coloured restrooms, no more white restrooms just plain ol’ toilets... here at NASA we pee they same colour.” Al Harrison didn’t want race inequality to obstruct people especially Mary from working effectively to achieve a great goal and so he removed the segregation toilet rule in NASA.
- The men in NASA had trouble starting the IBM until Dorothy came and fixed it by herself. Amazed, the men the offered her to help program it. “The lead engineers says your good with the cards, programming and such.” They recognised Dorothy’s capability with programming and wanted her to use her knowledge for the IBM.]]> 2020-06-29 05:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642620359 Genius is not confined to one gender or race (Mel) https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642620974 - Katherine’s calculations for the safe-launch and re-entry scene shows that anyone of any gender or race is able to accomplish great things using their intelligence. This is shown through a low camera angle with a slight focus on Katherine to highlight her superiority in solving the equations that the other white men were unable to.
- Al Harrison tells Paul Stafford “its your job to find a genius” as the camera shifts to Katherine, recognising her for intelligence despite being a different race and gender
- Mary was an example that an African-American woman could achieve an engineers degree through great persistence]]> 2020-06-29 05:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642620974 Persistence and resilience can be an effective agent for change and moving forward (Lochlen) harvl21 https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642621045 - Mary persists on becoming an engineer at NASA. She discovers she has to take a class at an all white high school. Instead of giving up she goes to court to be able to take these classes. In the court room, she moves from the judge looking down on her to her being on the same level as him. 
- Katherine wants to attend the briefings with the new coordinates that gets changed so frequently so she doesn’t have to keep restarting. She persists multiple times to get in the briefings. Eventually she persuaded Al to let her in he says “your not going to let this go are you?” Paul moves out of frame and Al leads her in
- Katherine does all the math in the reports for Paul but isn’t allowed to put her name on it with his. “A computer doesn’t write reports” Paul says. However by the end Paul allows Katherine to put her name on the report and even gives her a coffee. The camera angle is neutral showing that they are equal.]]> 2020-06-29 05:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642621045 To achieve something extraordinary we can’t allow race and gender to get in the way (Toby) https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642621210 -After having got restart her work time and time again, Katherine tells Paul that if she “could attend briefings I could stay current...” but Paul interrupts her saying “Katherine, we have been through this, it is not possible. There is no protocol for women attending.” After Al allows her to attend, he asks her to solve the go-no go zone for the capsule which she seems to do with ease. John Glenn then say, “I like her numbers.” Katherine is able to solve something that none of the other men in the briefing are able to do, even though she was not allowed to attend at first just because she was a woman. If her gender didn’t stop her from attending briefings earlier, NASA could have launched John Glenn into space much earlier.
-When trying to figure out the mathematical formula for converting an elliptical orbit into a parabolic orbit, Katherine is the first to realise that you aah ve to use Euler’s method. Paul questions her by saying, “that’s ancient,” but Katherine is able to use the method to figure out the conversion before any of her white, male colleagues, showing people of any colour or gender can figure out extraordinary things.
-Al asks Katherine where she goes for 40 minutes a day which she replies to in anger about how “there are no coloured bathrooms in this building or any building outside the West Campus which is half a mile away.” This means that Katherine has to put her work on hold everyday because of her race and that if she was white she’d be able to get more done. In the next scene, Al is seen to be knocking down the ‘Coloured Ladies Room’ sign symbolising the abolish of segregation at NASA and says that “Here at NASA, we all pee the same colour.” He does this to stop Katherine from having to run half a mile to go to the bathroom just because of her colour and by doing this is allowing her a greater chance to achieve something extraordinary.]]> 2020-06-29 05:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642621210 Persistence and resilience can be an effective agent for change and moving forward (Kim) https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642623839 Dorothy, Katherine, and Mary have succeeded in their careers because of perseverance and hard work. They are segregated by the whites to work from a different room. However, Dorothy Katherine, and Mary do not give up, they continue to work extra hard and demonstrate that they can work even better than the whites.

Katherine- Every time she writes her name on the report Paul Stafford tells her computer don’t author reports. Katherine continues to fight until she is acknowledged and appreciated for her work, she does not let her race or gender get in the way of achieving her goal. 

Dorothy- Dorothy does not give up and continues to show persistence until she is promoted to the position of a manager. She uplifts Mary and Katherine to higher positions where they continuously show their skills 
“any upward movement, is movement for us all” 

Mary- When Mary finds out you need to take classes at an all white school to become an engineer she petitions a Virginia state court for permission to take the needed night classes, Mary’s resilience allowed her to become the first African American female engineer at NASA.]]> 2020-06-29 05:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642623839 Genius is not confined to one gender or race pmotherway https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642624611 - Piers

In the early scenes it is shown that from an early age Katherine was ahead of people even older than her, when she joins NASA it takes a while but she Is recognised by her boss, he tells Paul that “it is his job to find the genius” and while he says that The camera pans over to Katherine working, implying she is one of them.]]> 2020-06-29 05:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642624611 To achieve something extraordinary we can’t allow race and gender to get in the way. (Samantha) https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642625770 Karl Zielinski : “Mary, a person with an engineer's mind should be an engineer. You can't be a computer the rest of your life.”
Mary Jackson : “Mr. Zielinski, I'm a negro woman. I'm not gonna entertain the impossible.”
Karl Zielinski : “And I'm a Polish Jew whose parents died in a Nazi prison camp. Now I'm standing beneath a spaceship that's going to carry an astronaut to the stars. I think we can say we are living the impossible. Let me ask you, if you were a white male, would you wish to be an engineer?” Mary Jackson : I wouldn't have to. I'd already be one.”
- in the beginning of the film Mary believes that because of her race and gender she will not be able to achieve what she is capable of, however Mr Zielinski tells her otherwise.

“They let women do things at NASA, and it’s not because we wear skirts, it’s because we wear glasses.”
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Paul Stafford: “there’s no protocol for woman attending briefings.”
Kathrine Johnson: “there’s no protocol for a man orbiting earth either, sir.”
- Katherine isn’t allowing for her gender to get in the way of her doing her job and achieving the goal of sending a man to space, whereas Paul believes she is incapable because she is a woman.

John Glen: “lets get the girl to verify the numbers.”
Al Harrison: “the girl? You mean Katherine?”
John Glen: “Yes sir, the smart one. If she checks the numbers, I’m set to go.”
- John glen sets aside the fact that Katherine is of a different race and gender and trusts in her ability to correctly solve an equation, in doing so putting his own safety in her hands.


]]> 2020-06-29 05:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642625770 Genius is not confined to one gender or race (James) https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642629869 Throughout the movie it’s indirectly reinforcing the facts that Katherine is the only black person and woman in her office, surrounded by 20+ white men doing the same job. However Katherine is always called upon to check numbers and made by others, and is increasingly relied on and trusted by astronaut John Glenn to confirm calculations. Just before launch, John insists that Katherine checks them and seems uneasy about the idea of launching without it. 

JOHN GLENN
Let’s get the girl to check the numbers.

AL HARRISON
The girl?

JOHN GLENN
Yes, sir. The smart one. If she says
they’re good, I’m ready to go.

HARRISON
Sam...go find Katherine. She needs to
verify Glenn’s Go/No Go or we’re staying on the ground.

In the beginning of the movie, Katherine, Mary and Dorothy are stranded by their broken down car on a long empty stretch of road on their way to work. A white police officer puts his sirens on, pulls up behind them and exits his car approaching the women. He starts the conversation with an obvious sense of superiority but after asking for identification and learning that the three women work for NASA he becomes much more humble and humane towards the women. Afterwards he offers a police escort to their work which they accept.

It’s evident that to begin with, the officer made prejudicial assumptions about the women and what they were potentially doing out here. However once he is informed that the women are of great importance not only to NASA but to the entire country, he becomes much more appreciative and friendly.]]> 2020-06-29 05:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642629869 To achieve something extraordinary we can’t allow race and gender to get in the way (jony) https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642630425 The idea of this is constantly shown throughout the movie as both gender and race have a common goal. Coloured and white is clearly evident at the beginning of the movie however as the goal becomes much harder to achieve, coloured and white becomes unclear due to more cooperation. Katherine Johnson and Al Harrison are prime characters who show this idea as they are interdependent on each other, Katherine needs the job and Al needs the calculations. Specifically in the movie, the scene of Katherine's breakdown is the big change in the movie. It captures the large room filled with white men, with a wide high shot. Katherine in a different coloured uniform stands out however this difference becomes evident in her being confronted by Al Harrison. The composition of the shot is a close up and she is placed on the left half of the screen. Katherine is enraged due to things such as a simple pleasure of going to the restroom, income inequality and segregation only due to her colour. “There are no coloured bathrooms in this building, or any building outside the west campus, which is half a mile away”. The uniform dress code is a factor in her built up anger as it shows the income difference between coloured and whites. “Lord knows, you don’t pay coloured enough to afford pearls”. Both the coloured bathrooms and coffee pot show the idea segregation. “Living of coffee from a pot, none of you want to touch”. However this idea is later dismantled as Harrison removes both the sign for coloured bathrooms and sticker on the coloured pot of coffee. “No more coloured restrooms (camera cuts to show Harrison targeting his anger to the whites), no more white restrooms, just plain old toilets”. Harrison is breaking down the barriers placed by society by those in power. It’s a very big and symbolic moment for coloured people as a white man is sticking up for their rights and removing segregation in a work place. “Here at nasa we all appear the same colour” Harrison after us confrontation with Katherine has opened his eyes to the harsh reality of coloured segregation and seeks to help remove that with his own hands and will power. He finally acknowledges the coloured folks as equal. ]]> 2020-06-29 05:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642630425 Persistence and resilience can be an effective agent for change and moving forward (Keely) kball17 https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642634333 Persistence is a key factor to effectively move forward in society, whether you are personally moving forward or someone else is.
Dorothy -  “any movement is movement for us all” Emphasises the idea that when working hard and showing persistence you are able to achieve many things, not just for yourself but for your race.
Kathrine - showing resilience every time she wrote her name on the report and Paul Stafford said she was not able to take credit for her work. Her persistence and resilience in not being knocked down or letting the colour of her skin define how well she works, allows her to move forward in both her personal life and work life.
Not only this, but the resilience kathrine shows everyday having to run the the bathroom to relieve herself and overcoming the embarrassment when Al Harrison asks where so goes everyday.
Mary - “every chance we get ahead they move the finish line” emphasises the resilience that the African American women show when trying to work their way up the ranks. 


]]> 2020-06-29 05:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642634333 Genius is not confined to one gender or race ( Taryn) tokeefe5 https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642641082 “Catherine’s in the sixth grade” “they want to take her early” - Mid short with deep focus of Catherine’s feet not touching the ground whilst she sits on a chair. Indirect communication of how young she is, that she is very smarty for how young she is. 

“I wouldn’t have to I’d already be one” Mid short with shallow focus. Mary is intelligente enough to study to be an engineer but the fact she is an African American women is the thing that stands in her way. 

“Let’s get the girl to check the numbers” still close up shot with shallow focus on John Glens face. John request Catherine to check the numbers and puts his faith and trusts Catherine’s mathematical ability more than any one else’s.  

“That a girl” Mid shot of Dorothy in the middle, centre third of the composition drawing most of the viewers focus to her. Dorothy was able to program and get the machine to work faster than the men that were hired to set it up ]]> 2020-06-29 06:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/642641082 Racism and Sexism (Tiarnán) https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/643447240 Symbolism - The White Engeerie putting a waist paper basket on Katherine stuff.
Symbolism - The door slamming shut in Katherine face.
Dialogue - “ Mary a person with engeeries mind should be an engeerier.”
Dialogue - “ The let women handle that sort thing.”
Dialogue - “ I Had no idea they hired (women)”]]> 2020-06-30 00:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/643447240 To achieve something extraordinary we can’t allow race and gender to get in the way (Cairo) https://padlet.com/tamar_caro/8rxhpwdi3wfr/wish/643482273 Race and gender is shown to be a constant issue in the film “Hidden Figures”, since the goal was to see what country could get the first man to orbit, but due to the race and gender of extraordinary women, the goal was not being achieved since those women could not work with everyone else. Coloured and whites were separated not just at NASA, but in the world revolving it. The coloured women working at NASA had a different bathroom, and were expected to dress like dolls, wearing colourful patterns on shirts, skirts, shorts and dresses. White men and women working at nasa wore more plain, professional looking colours. Men wore long white sleeve button shirts, long black pants and black shoes, and the white women wore tight fitting dresses that were usually either navy or black. At NASA, everyone was trying to reach the same goal, but the boundaries set out on coloured people prevented this from happening for years. By limiting the people working on a project based just off their race or gender, we limit ourselves to achieving something extraordinary. Al Harrison, the boss at NASA, realised this and decided to take action after Katherine shouted at him in front of the NASA workforce when questioned why she is gone for 40minutes a day, which she explained was due to there being no coloured bathrooms in the facility. After she stormed out, the next day Al Harrison went to the coloured women’s bathroom and slammed the “Coloured Women’s Room” down to the ground. The coloured women stood to his right, and the white people stood to his left in groups, eyeing him in silence. 

Quote:
“At NASA, we all pee the same Colour.” Was then said by Harrison, which started to make the US skyrocket and achieve the end goal faster than the Soviet Union.
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