Orange The New Black Character Analysis

The Netflix series Orange is the New Black, revolves around new inmate, Piper Chapman. She is a self-surrender named in a trial as being in a drug gang. Scared and unsure, Piper has trouble adjusting to prison life. In the very first episode we witness as one of the inmates gives Piper a yogurt. In a state of excitement, she says, “Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! The food here sucks,” but what Piper doesn’t realize is she’s speaking to the head chef. As her husband likes to say, Pipers “big mouth”, leads to trouble down the road, as we witness the punishments and cruelty to follow (Episode 1). Orange is the New Black’s persistent focus on bulling throughout the series is used to assert authority over others and to show an “I’m the boss” mentality.
After Piper insults Reds cooking, Red retaliates. The next day, during breakfast, one of the inmates pauses serving when she sees Piper. “Chapman. Are you Chapman?” (Episode 1). Timidly Piper confirms that she is indeed “Chapman”. The inmate serving food reaches down and comes back with a tray. On the tray is what appears to be an English muffin wrapped in tinfoil. Excited Piper unwraps the foil. However, Piper comes to realize that her English Muffin is, a “Egg McTampon” (Episode
On Sunday, the inmates share the chapel for different religious services. One of the inmates tries to hang a cross she made from a pipe. Sophia, tries to warn her that it’s “Not a load bearing pipe” but the inmate tries to hang it anyway (Episode 5). When the pipe crashes along with part of the ceiling, the inmate blames it on Sophia, claiming that Sophia is “an abomination to God” (Episode 5). Here we see bullying, but more used with an “I’m better than you” mentality. The inmate in this scene blames the accident on Sophia because she feels that Sophia is of lesser value, and she does not want to admit that she was