They regard everything and everyone either as the work of God or as the work of the devil.Ī very striking example of the society’s single-mindedness is its misconception of Jeanette’s/Jess’s illness. The community members are very fixed in their religious belief. He defines what is good and what is bad, what is natural or unnatural and consequently a sin.
The pastor is an authority and is admired by most of the women. Mostly women belong to this church, they are not very sophisticated and so they believe in miracles and demons.
Oranges shows Pentecostal evangelists who could, because of their fanatical belief, also be described as sectarians. 2 Representation of religion 2.1 Religion as fanaticism Oranges makes an attempt to reverse the viewer’s former attitudes towards these opponents. It demonstrates how the ways in which the novel and the film version of Oranges present lesbianism work to naturalize and normalize it.īy its representation of lesbian love and the church as its enemy Oranges challenges normative values and conventional standards. This paper discusses how the different conflicts in the story arise and which impact the film’s way of representing religion and lesbianism has on the viewer. Although Jess herself does not have any problems with her sexuality combined with her religiosity at all, she gets into a conflict with the Christian community and into a deep inner conflict because the church regards her sexuality as a sin and herself as possessed by demons. Jess tries to find her sexual identity in the context of the fanatical Pentecostal church.
The drama Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit tells the story of a young lesbian girl, Jeanette/Jess, who is raised in a repressive Pentecostal home by an overpowering mother. 4 Conflicts between religion and lesbianism
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