The document provides background on the character Eleven from the Netflix series Stranger Things. It discusses her real name being Jane Hopper or Jane Ives and her backstory that is explored more in season 2. She was experimented on at Hawkins Laboratory and has psychic abilities. The document also discusses some comparisons between her character and life outside the laboratory in the show and how viewers may forget her real name due to focusing on her nickname Eleven throughout season 1.

1. Stranger Things Star Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven / Jane Hopper
In August 2016, Netflix released the eight-episode science fiction
television series Stranger Things . Starring Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers,
David Harbour as Jim Hopper, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, and
Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven / Jane Hopper (El), the story revolves
around the disappearance of Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) in the fictional
town of Hawkins, Indiana during the early 1980s. When Will
mysteriously returns home one night after vanishing without a trace,
his mother notices that something is not quite right with him.
El's Storyline

2. While she isn't given much of a backstory in Stranger Things, fans will
learn more about El's tragic past in season 2. After running away from
Hawkins Laboratory, Jane (El) moved around Indiana before ultimately
landing in Chicago. In episode 7 of season 2, The Lost Sister, Jane
returns to Hawkins and has trouble adjusting to life after her time at
the lab. According to an interview with actress Millie Bobby Brown,
Jane has found a new family with some kids that have also been
experimented on. How is El going to get back together with her brother
Billy and her friends? We can't wait to find out!
Real Life Comparisons
The fact that you might not be able to recall Eleven’s real name after
watching a whole season (season 2, even) of Stranger Things isn’t
exactly surprising. In a way, it mirrors her life outside of Hawkins
National Laboratory—with her mother trying to hide her from The
Government and The Lab trying to erase all memory of Jane. We’re not
saying you have psychokinetic powers; we are just saying that Stranger
Things shows us how just because someone doesn’t talk much doesn’t
mean they don’t have a lot to say. Embrace your inner eleven and get
out there and make some noise! Just try not to freak out people with
your mental abilities...that could be problematic.
How to Get Away With Murder (TV Series)
Brief plot and cast information for season 2 of ABC's How to Get Away
with Murder series. Season 2 of HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
will be out in September 2016, starring Viola Davis and Billy Brown.
Watch a season 1 recap video with an introduction from Viola Davis
above! Any new fall TV shows have you excited?

3. The Man in Black From Lost
The character, referred to as Man in Black in Lost or simply MIB, first
appeared at a party for a millionaire named Mr. Paik (who had no last
name) on December 31, 2004. According to his business card, he was
from Akron, Ohio and worked for Prudential Financial Incorporated of
Newark, New Jersey. He claimed that he was an environmentalist who
worked in real estate development and that he specialized in making
eco-friendly homes that produced more energy than they consumed. In
reality, however, MIB was actually a smoke monster that had taken
human form; his plan was to destroy all life on Earth so it could be
renewed without mankind's interference.
The Great Gatsby
Robert Redford in The Great Gatsby (1974) Based on F. Scott
Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel of decadence and deception, The
Great Gatsby is a romantic story of impossible love, lost innocence and
corrupted dreams. Set in 1922, it tells of Midwesterner Nick Carraway
(Redford), who leaves his home to live with a wealthy neighbor after
deciding that he isn't successful enough to marry his true love Daisy
Buchanan (Meehan). There, he finds himself quickly drawn into living
extravagantly with his new friend Jay Gatsby (Bridges), who holds huge
parties at his mansion upstate each weekend with extravagant
fireworks and fantastic music. These parties are thrown for an unseen
woman that Nick has heard about but never seen.
Why is Eleven called Jane Hopper?

4. When Stranger Things returned for its second season, viewers were
introduced to a new character called Jane, played by 15-year-old
actress Sadie Sink. With brown hair and a petulant attitude to boot, it
wasn’t hard to spot some major similarities between Sink’s character
and her co-star Millie Bobby Brown’s breakout role on Stranger Things
— namely in regards to both characters' psychic abilities. But why is
Jane referred to as El while we still call Eleven Jane? The answer lies in
their surnames: Hopper and Ives.
Is 11 related to Hopper?
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