Orlando

Recently, I saw a film “Orlando” that was directed by Sally Potter and that was based on Virginia Woolf classical novel. The novel is a story of an Elizabethan nobleman who lived for four centuries and changed the sexual for rest of his half life (androgynous). It performs a kind of unconsciousness and a stream of consciousness. Victoria era is a splendid era. People in Victoria era liked to look at the female bodies as a sex and passion way, every image is cut into pieces with music. Therefore, we can easily understand the role of female in society. In that special era by the character that played by Orlando through four centuries from a nobleman to be nobody. The film makes a statement that expressed the point of view of female in history, sex, politics, and etc.

In my opinion, no matter what your gender is, people have their right to make their decisions. Hence, Orlando also can decide which gender he wants. Although she lives in different era, people always face the death, love, politics, and so on. For example, Orlando has a long life to face the life, after she experienced the love, heart broken and ridiculous war, Orlando changes his gender from man to woman. Different genders in society have different treatments, but always have the spirit of freedom in his or her soul.