Role Of Masculinity In Winter's Bone

Masculinity Masculinity is a socially constructed concept that people selectively use to describe what a man should be and how he should act. It is implied that men should be independent, non-emotional, aggressive, strong and tough skinned. In the infamous movie, Fight Club, the main character, Jack, is in a constant battle with himself to keep his masculinity alive. While in Winter’s Bone, Ree Dolly has no other choice but to be the man figure for her family. Ree Dolly has no father and a mentally ill mother so she plays the male figure as well as the mother figure. In order not to lose everything she has, Ree, sets on a daring journey to find her father. In most cases, you would hear mostly men setting out on a journey such as Ree’s but

According to fight club, masculinity or being a "real" man means being willing to feel agony, and dole torment out to other individuals. Tyler Durden is the Narrator’s imaginary alter ego, the embodiment of his “death drive” and repressed masculinity. In many ways, though, Tyler is more “real” than the Narrator himself, as suggested by the fact that he has a name and the Narrator barely gets called his name. Tyler is alluring, tricky, and driven. When Tyler speaks to the members of fight club, they respect him tremendously, they refer to the him as “Mr. Durden”. Tyler’s lack of hindrance and his longing to be a real man, leads him to embrace pain and danger at all times. Eventually, Tyler becomes more powerful than the Narrator himself. Tyler begins taking control of Jack’s body for majority of the time , and sends members of fight club on increasingly dangerous and destructive missions. In the movie Tyler Durden states, “an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables. Slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need. We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no great war, no great depression. Our great war’s a spiritual war, our great depression is our lives.” Tyler says this to inform everyone that the men have lost their masculinity. They have mediocre jobs that they hate and are unhappy with their lives. The missions that Tyler send them on are soothing to the members of Fight Club, it makes them feel apart of something and helps them gain their idea of masculinity