Can this be a quote or phrase? Or extended metaphor?

Rev. simon hosack] entered fully into the feeling of suffering and sorrow which took possession of me when i discovered that a girl weighed less in the scale of being than a boy, and he praised my determination to prove the contrary. which best describes society's view of boys' and girls' abilities during the period in which elizabeth cady stanton lived?

What is the story about in the movie freedom writers

How does tiresias prophecy affect the plot of the story ?