Levi's Case - the Rhetorical Situation of Levi's
Autor: williambateson • December 16, 2012 • Essay • 815 Words (4 Pages) • 1,338 Views
Levi's
Topic: The rhetorical situation of Levi's
Thesis: Marilyn and her mother were both changed by Levi's jeans. They were a symbol for their independence, freedom, and the ability to work on the same playing field as men.
Purpose: To understand what Levi's meant to Marilyn
Audience: Ms. Mckee
Tone: Academic
William Bateson
English 101 0L09, Fall 2010
October 10, 2010
Bateson 1
Marilyn and her family were a everyday 1950's family dad out working, mom being the happy house wife , and the kids a son and daughter. Marilyn and her family were transitioning where mothers were going into the work force with the dads now. She received a pair of hand-me-down jeans from her mother that her brother out grew never knowing them jeans would open many doors for her. Getting them jeans from her mom allowed her mom to realize that she needs to teach her how to be the new woman from washing clothes to learning the difference from roofing nails and wood screws. The Jeans gave her freedom to be allowed to ride a bike, fish, and help her brother put together engines.
The pair of Levi's Marilyn received gave her new found freedom and growth in a world where women weren't seen as equals to men. She would always see her brother in his pair of jeans being able to carry a BB gun, ride his bike blocks from their house, and building a tree house with his blue-jeaned crew of guy friends were as Marilyn had to stick to triking her embroidered bunnies up and down the driveway. When her mother handed her the hand-me-down jeans from her brother it gave her a sense of freedom and made her feel like a new woman.
With the jeans on she was given ability to do the same things her brother was doing without having the limitations as being a girl. When Christmas time came around she didn't receive just the normal little girl gifts she got carpenter tools and chemistry set which even impressed her brother.
Bateson 2
Marilyn wrote this story in a time the 1950s where women and men had both different roles in society and the work place. She wrote this to show how she viewed the early time in her life and
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