Homeland Classwork

7 Core areas of society

Gender

Age

Ethnicity

Regional identity

Sexuality

Social Class and Status

Agility and Disability

I think that Gender and Ethnicity are being represented, and in some ways you can also say Social Class and Status are also being represented too.

Gender

• There is an American Male.
• There is an American Female.
• There is also an Iraqian Male.

Ethnicity

• In the background you can see citizens from Iraq.
• There is a man in jail who is Irag and wearing a religious hat.
• There is a caucasain Women from America.

Social Class and Status

• The American man looks like he is a very wealthy man who has got authority and power.
• The American Woman looks very bold and knows what she want and will negotiate to get what she wants.
• The Iraqian man looks very vulnerable while in jail but has information about a U.S. attack and is willing to betray his country to make sure his family is safe.

In this Crime T.V drama of "Homeland" there are two core elements of society that are Gender and Ethnicity which are being represented throughout the extract.

There is a representation of Ethnicity in homeland as there is a Muslim man who is about to be hung for committing a mass murderer, and a white Caucasian women who is trying to prevent him from being hung as he has got valuable information about a U.S attack that may take place. This represents that Muslims are always being punished for the actions and how they have no say in changing it like how the Americans are in a free-of-speech country and they wouldn't of be hung. It also represents how the American women is trying to do the right thing for her country even if it means breaking some laws to get what she wants.

There is also a representation of Gender, as there is a female who is represented as someone who has got power and can be bold at times when it maters, there is an American male who is represented as someone who has got a lot of power and is part of the upper class status as he is a CIA director, there is a Muslim man who is also being represented as someone who is not in the upper class but someone in a third world county with no much things or supplies around him, he is represented as someone who is always in trouble and very vulnerable as he is going to be hanged.