One Southern novel shines light on racism, feminism, and surprising lesbianism. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg, published in 1987, is about the different events happening and people living in Whistle Stop and Birmingham, Alabama. Fannie Flagg uses many powerful characters to enforce several themes. Idgie, Ruth, Evelyn, Mrs. Threadgoode, Big George, Artis, and Jasper are a few of the main characters that help Flagg show the themes though out Fried Green Tomatoes
14090311 Crystal Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American novelist and short story writer, whose works are paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age, a period in the 1920s, ending with the Great Depression. As Fitzgerald said, "It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire.” The First World War just ended. The traditional moral code obeyed by Puritans, which calls for thrift and simplicity, has fallen apart. At the same time, hedonism started
Universal Studio’s “Fried Green Tomatoes” was welcomed to the big screen on December 27, 1991. This comedy and drama was directed by Jon Avnet, who made quite the impact in the business of Hollywood. This New York native of Brooklyn began his filmmaking career after receiving a Directing Fellowship at the American Film Institute. His greatest success was found as a Producer. However, after producing a number of different films, such as 1983’s “Risky Business”, it was “Fried Green Tomatoes” that allowed