Nora - (The Girls I've Been) by Orianna Colon https://padlet.com/oriannacolon2002/bnwgug6lnu4bb0ja The story is about a daughter of a con artist and how she overcame her struggles and used them to her advantage in her struggle of finding herself. en-us 2022-03-28 22:29:43 UTC 2022-03-30 19:35:31 UTC hello@padlet.com What personality and behaviors shows us that this character conforms to gender stereotypes? oriannacolon2002 https://padlet.com/oriannacolon2002/bnwgug6lnu4bb0ja/wish/2122165357 In the book Nora's mom trains, her to be a Con artist and when playing these roles her mom gives her three words to remember for each character. As Rebecca she is sweet, silent and smiling. When she is Samantha she is: Dainty, delicate and demure. The last con she partook in was Haley who was: Humble, faithful and modest.
All of these girls were Nora at one time and all of the words she was given are common stereotypes and assumptions made about women in general. Nora's mother fed on men seeing women as submissive and stereotyping them and used this to her advantage.]]> 2022-03-30 19:15:58 UTC https://padlet.com/oriannacolon2002/bnwgug6lnu4bb0ja/wish/2122165357 What personality and behaviors shows us that this character rejects gender stereotypes? oriannacolon2002 https://padlet.com/oriannacolon2002/bnwgug6lnu4bb0ja/wish/2122174369 I think because of all the things Noras mother made her do and all of the cons she made her partake in Nora really never got to be herself. So when she moved to Clear Creek she saw it as a new start. She cuts her hair short to make it easier to manage. During the robbery Nora stuck her neck out to save the other patrons in the bank by crawling through an air vent and being combative towards the captors. Typically in robberies and heists you usually see a man take charge, however she was the one that played a con on the bank robbers.]]> 2022-03-30 19:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/oriannacolon2002/bnwgug6lnu4bb0ja/wish/2122174369 How do others respond to this character? Do their responses help the character conform or reject the gender stereotypes? oriannacolon2002 https://padlet.com/oriannacolon2002/bnwgug6lnu4bb0ja/wish/2122178098 In the beginning the bank robbers see her as a simple young teenage girl that can't do anything until they discover who she is then the men take her more seriously because she put a well-known con artist in prison. Both her friends see her has a rebellious teenager but do not conform her to specific stereotypes.]]> 2022-03-30 19:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/oriannacolon2002/bnwgug6lnu4bb0ja/wish/2122178098 How does this character contribute to or change a social construction of gender? oriannacolon2002 https://padlet.com/oriannacolon2002/bnwgug6lnu4bb0ja/wish/2122182555 I think that Nora shows other girls that you can be anything you want to be no matter where you come from. Nora faced a lot of things before the age of twelve and yet she still ends up living a somewhat normal teenage life. I feel that girls and boys can see that no matter your gender you all can be pretty witty, spitfires that can survive anything you put your mind too.]]> 2022-03-30 19:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/oriannacolon2002/bnwgug6lnu4bb0ja/wish/2122182555 Which gender stereotypes are most frequently reinforced by characters in books, and why? Which gender stereotypes are most frequently resisted by characters in books, and why? oriannacolon2002 https://padlet.com/oriannacolon2002/bnwgug6lnu4bb0ja/wish/2122187792 Compared to the old classic books like "Lord of the flies" or "outsiders" more books in today's world show kids different gender conformities and discuss heavier topics. However, i think that a lot of literature today does not necessarily explain topis like gender conformities in an informative enough way to be taught to middle schoolers. I think that it is important to show students different beliefs but just because a boy like poetry does not mean he's gay or because a girl like sports more than ballet she is a lesbian. Books today tend to make new gender conformities without realizing ]]> 2022-03-30 19:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/oriannacolon2002/bnwgug6lnu4bb0ja/wish/2122187792 How do you wish young adult books were different in terms of how they contribute to the social construction of gender?​ oriannacolon2002 https://padlet.com/oriannacolon2002/bnwgug6lnu4bb0ja/wish/2122193643 I just wish that if an author was going to touch on a topic like the construction of gender, they adequately represent it and explain it because sometimes students do not completely understand the information being provided. Due to this a lot of thoughts and emotions are taken out of context, and you create an environment of wrongly educated individuals. If you want to talk about something in your novel I completely understand but remember who your audience is and whether or not they are knowledgeable about the topics being discussed.]]> 2022-03-30 19:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/oriannacolon2002/bnwgug6lnu4bb0ja/wish/2122193643