In the opening of this extract, gender is portrayed in two different ways. The first representation is the stereotypical archetypical role of having the man as the ‘leader’ who gives instructions to the others including women who follow. There is then a different representation of gender suggesting that females are stronger as the woman is in the JCB digging up the dirt which stereotypically would be associated with the males. When the tiger tries to attack the man he appears to be weak as he cannot escape from him. The female again comes through as the stronger gender because she then distracts the tiger in order to allow the man to escape from it. The male then is chased by the tiger and when he arrives at a spot where he is trapped and we get the impression he is going to die, the woman comes along and shoots the tiger just as it goes to kill him. This representation is the opposite from the stereotypical male being stronger than the woman, in this case she actually saves him from the tiger. When the rest of the team walk along to the ‘leader’, the woman seems just as powerful as the males as if she is one of them.
The second part of this extract sees a young, pretty woman trying to warn a man of what he is doing is wrong. Just as she goes to leave while laughing he then pulls out a gun which makes the woman vulnerable. This fits along with the stereotypical roles as the male is now more dominant than the woman. She appears very scared and just as he goes closer to her with the gun, he is caught by the other team which includes the strong female. This then turns round the roles again as the female has a gun and appears like ‘one of the boys’ and is not scared of anything. The strong female character then goes and questions the vulnerable woman if she is okay, and then the male character who was threatening her is now at risk and is the weak one.
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