William Bruce Jenner Character Analysis

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Everyone is born a certain way, with his or her own gender. Gender can affect everything in our lives. A show I enjoy to watch, “I Am Cait,” is televised on E news. The show is about a celebrity I admire, Caitlyn Marie Jenner originally known as William Bruce Jenner. Jenner, an American television personality and retired athletic champion is now a transgender woman. Caitlyn confessed, “People look at me differently. They see you as this macho male, but my heart and my soul and everything that I do in life--it is part of me. That female side is part of me. That’s who I am.” Jenner is significant to me because she demonstrates her leader personality, bravery, dynamic, determined and independent status.
First of all, Jenner is dynamic because she’s characterized by change from transforming from Bruce to Caitlyn. On the show, “Pretty Little Liars” on ABC Family, the director unexpectedly reveals an unknown character of six seasons to be Cece, a transgender character. The transgender character demonstrates the progress society and media has brought upon transgender. Jenner and Cece are just two …show more content…

Independently, they both find out new things about themselves. Nemo also goes on his own brave journey. He wants to prove to his dad that he is independent so he goes to touch the “butt,” Nemo touching the boat was a representation of his independence. Jenner’s new journey is enjoying herself in her new body. A fun fact I found out about clown fish is that all born males and the dominant male of a group will turn female when the female of that group dies. When looking up background information on Jenner I found out that she’s dyslexic, which reminded me of Dory. Jenner explains “He had dyslexia and always struggled with his reading and writing in school. He turned to sports and discovered he was a very talented athlete.” But like in the movie, “just keep

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