![]() ![]() ![]() As an individual in the object position that has passive recipients of a dominant aggressive gaze, she has no control over her fate (Montz 141). If Julie does not follow through, then she can face horrible consequences. All I have to do is cough up everything I can remember about the British War Effort” (Wein 4). She informs the reader, “Von Linden has said I have two weeks and that I can have as much paper as I need. Julie’s performances of embodying various personas from alias to subjectivity gain her authority and make her a hero.Īs a Prisoner of War, one would think Julie would only be placed in an object position. Applying this idea of performance to Julie from Code Name Verity, one can begin to understand that gender is in a sense an illusion. Judith Butler’s theory on gender explains that society draws on current theories that suggest that gender is a performance that is socially contracted but amenable to change (Bean 12). Two female friends, Julie or Verity, a spy, and Maddie or Kittyhawk, a pilot, fight for survival to complete a mission that will help the Allies win the war. ![]() Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein takes place during World War II in Nazi-occupied France. Masculinity and femininity have been so strongly named and normalized as differentiated and hierarchical opposites that there are serious consequences not sticking with societal norms. ![]()
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