The Other Boleyn Girl

“The Other Boleyn Girl” by Philippa Gregory, holds many different opinions. When Henry says to Mary, “Pray god it is a boy time”, she replies with, “I am sure it is. Remember that I never said so with Catherine. I am sure he will be a boy. Perhaps we will call him Henry”. Many people and religions favored boys.

My religion for example, very much favored boys. It hurt to know that sometimes families mourned over the birth of a girl. Many families would like to see he birth of a boy because of the title it gives the family. A son is very likely to take on the name of his father and keep his family in place. With a girl, apparently you can’t do that because she will be married off and carry the name of another man. Boys are treated with much more care and love than girls. Their need and want is considered more important than a girl’s. In this book Mary is forced to be a whore and bed with the king every night to birth him a boy, which will carry on the king’s crown. Mary was scolded at when she first birthed a girl; her uncle was very upset and didn’t show the slightest bit of care for her young girl. People need to understand that having been able to birth is a blessing for them, but we see that some people aren’t very grateful and take pregnancy for granted. Mary’s pregnancies were taken for granted. She wasn’t very well respected even when she did birth a boy. Boys are a good help with helping around the house or farmlands, if so. It was believed that a girl can’t do what a man can do, but today, there are just as many woman doing men jobs as men are. This proves that girls are just as equal as men, and shouldn’t be treated any less. The need for family title is not very important nowadays; at least not to as many people as in the last generation, which is a relief.

Chinese people favored boys as well, which is why they have a limit on the birth of children in this generation. Families would have girls and be very upset by it; eventually they would abandon their child by leaving them in a park or an open area so that someone would come by and care for them because they are not willing to. Chinese people ungratefully used boys as a helping tool in farms. They also didn’t believe that girls could do a man’s hard work. If anyone in China has more than 1 child, they are to be fined a very high price. Some people are still sexist today in China; they still prefer to birth a boy rather than girl.

The Notebook

“The Notebook” can change one’s views towards love. Usually people think it’s nothing special, that it’s just another relationship, but it’s much more than that. Mostly males are the one’s who think love is a meaningless and foolish feeling, and it’s usually them who fall weak. They think nothing can outdo them, nothing can bring them down, but when they fall in love they are at their weakest. The Notebook reveals this. Noah played his role fantastically; showing every little detail of his emotion towards his lost love. From the greatest happiness of his life to the worst pain ever felt, Noah never believed he would be able to forget Allie, and not once did he give up. Those 365 letters he wrote everyday to Allie expressed his never dying love for her. Allie could do nothing for her love but defy him for the sake of her family. It is exceptional the way Noah takes delicate care of Allie in their later years; never does he leave her side. As a couple ages, their love, as well, grows older; deep love just becomes stronger and weak love dies slowly. In this case, Noah and Allie’s love only grew stronger day by day. “The Notebook” is one of the most glorious love stories told. You are missing out lots if you haven’t gotten the chance to watch this romance. I highly recommend it.