I feed you. I pay for this house. I put clohes on your back.
Come on, just do what i tell you. I won’t get too mad
Jenna: earl, that hurts, come on.
B. Feminist ideas in Jenna’s character
The following table gives some information about feminism values in Jenna. Those intimidations shows that private patriarchy tied up in her domestic life. so
that, jenna is supposed to fight to liberate herself from it.
No Corpus
Minute Remark
1
Jenna: I ain’t never going to get away from earl now.
Becky: does earl have any clue at all that you’re pregnant?
Jenna: no, he don’t notice nd i’m never going to tell him
I’m just going to runaway and i can save another couple hundred before the jonesville bake-off
Jenna: If my plans come true and i can make my big escape from him in a couple of months, may be
he never even has to know.
Earl: don’t you go loving that baby too much. Jenna: i don’t love you, earl. I haven’t loved you
for years. I want a divorce. Earl: that’s not a funny joke. We got this new baby
here. Shouldn’t be making jokeslike that. Jenna: i want you the hell out of my life. You are
never to touch me ever again.i’m done with you. If you ever come within six yards of me, i will flatten
your sorry ass and i will enjoy doing it. Earl: now, hold on a second.
00:03:51 00:20:20
00:04:04
01:35:24 Liberate her
self from the tight
of private
patriarchy By
running away
from her husband
bad treatment and
divorce from him.
2
Jenna: no, he don’t notice and i’m never going to tell him
I’m just going to runaway Dawn: how much money you got saved?
Jenna: not much, 1,200 and i can save another couple hundred before the
00:20:50 Self
actualization in a public
jonesville bake-off Dawn: how much is that prize money?
Jenna: 25000, hon. Dawn: wow. What pie you going to bake.
Jenna: I’m not sure I was thinking I’d make one of real unusual ones
like my mama used to make One where you wouldn’t think the ingredients
would all go together but they do. Dawn: huh
[…] Dawn: I know what you should do with that prize
money, Jenna, You should open your own pie shop.
Jenna: wow..my own pie shop Becky: Jenna’s pie palace
Dawn: Jenna’s pastry heaven
sphere by
taking a part in pie bake-off
3
Jenna: no, he don’t notice and i’m never going to tell him
I’m just going to runaway Dawn: how much money you got saved?
Jenna: not much, 1,200 and i can save another couple hundred before the
Jonesville bake-off
Earl: open the cabinet where the coffe and sugar jars are, just open it
What is that? Jenna: what is that?
Money. It’s all over the fucking house. In cabinets’ in drawers, under chairs, in closets.
Money hidden all over my house
00:20:50
01:24:35 Becoming
independent by working at
Joe’s pie
diner and
save the
money to earn her own living
4
Dr. Pomatter: when can I see you again? Jenna: Dr. Pomatter, I’ve been thinking. I think we
need to end this Dr. Pomatter: no
Jenna: yes Dr. Pomatter: why?
Jenna: because I feel like a bad person and I can’t live with that.
Dr. Pomatter : jenna… Jenna: no, don’t get all nervous and sweet. Don’t
talk me out of it. Just, please, finish your pie and go. Please.
01:05:07 Jenna
is a
gentle woman
Becky: I didn’t plan it, Jenna. It just happened. He’s got such nice, strong hands.
Jenna: your poor husband Becky: my poor husband wears a diaper curses
constantly and sleeps in a separate room. Jenna; so why don’t you just divorce with him then
Becky; I can’t just leave a sick crazy old man. What kind of person would do that?
Jenna: I don’t know. What kind of person has an affair with cal, who’s married to Ethel who we see
all the time? Becky; he says she’s awful
Jenna: maybe anyone you stay married to Ethel for 15 years starts to seem awful, but we know Ethel,
she’s not awful. She tells cal not to yell at us. Becky: hey, you’re supposed to be my friend, not
Ethel’s. Jenna: having an affair is a terrible thing to do, it
destroys people’s lives, and I don’t want you messed up with all that
Jenna: no, I don’t. That’s a lie. Dr. Pomatter: what are you thinking?
Jenna: I’m thinking...that I could never thank you enough for everything you’ve done for me. I’m
thinking your wife’s around and you probably shouldn’t kiss me. The way she looks at you, so
much trust. Dr.pomatter: so, that’s it.
Jenna: it’s over Dr. Pomatter: I don’t have any say in this? Jenna:
We could have a big drama here that gets drawn out for a couple years makes everyone miserable or we
could just end it right here you know? Nobody count, just saying bye-bye. I’m saying bye-
bye.
01:03:54
01:39:50
5
Jenna: lulu- that’s your name We’re going to have so much fun little girl
We’re going..to..have..so..much..fun.. Jenna: lulu, love of my life
Jenna: singing baby don’t you cry, gonna make a pie with a heart in the middle..
Baby don’t you cry gonna make a pie hold you forever in the middle of my heart..
Finally, jenna can relief her dreams by winning that pie contest and have her own pie shop untold
through by the character’s dialogue
01:36:22
01:42:20 Jenna win the
pie contest,
have her own pie shop and
live happily
with her
daughter indicate
her success
in reaching
feminist goal
B. Analysis