To the editors:
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(1) Simply because Ms. Foster has no romantic involvements and is confident in the film is not the reason that this film has feminist overtones. The character deals with the death of her father and her involvement with other father figures in a patriarchal society. Her mother was dead, “she did not know her mother,” which is a metaphor for our society which stifles women. The character also deals with the powerlessness of women in society through the analogy of her experience in childhood with the lambs. Dealing with her past and her powerlessness empowers the character (and women).
(2) After the senator’s daughter is kidnapped and the reward commercials are run, the statement is made that this is a good attempt to treat the victim like a person. Once she becomes more than an object, she becomes harder to kill. This is a powerful statement for a society that objectifies women in the media as mere sex objects. The senator’s daughter is also more than a victim, she fights back. She captures the psychopath’s dog in an attempt to gain her life and freedom.
W. Hollywood
