Writing Homework Help

Watch the film Gidget, which is about a young girl in the 1950s who rejects gendered stereotypes as she becomes friends with the Malibu surf community and becomes a surfer herself. In your introductory paragraph: (Should only be one paragraph long and no longer than half a page.)

Summarize the plot of the film Gidget. Also describe the impact the film and novel had on the surf boom of the early 1960’s at the time it came out.

In your thesis answer the following question:

Discuss one way Gidget empowers herself and one way she disempowers herself as she struggles to fit in with the 1950s Malibu surfer crew by learning to surf herself in the iconic film Gidget.

In your body paragraphs, make sure to

• Support your discussion of the film Gidget by describing and analyzing specific scenes from the film.
• Make sure to follow up all quotations and film scene analysis with a 4-5 sentence explanation of how they support your topic sentence claim.