Kate Chopin’s construction of character in “The Story of an Hour”
reinforces the authors ideas about women’s struggle for equality during
the early 1900’s as well as today.
In Kate Chopin’s story, “The Story of an Hour”, the line
“She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to
posses her, and she was striving to beat it back with all her will- as
powerless as her two white slender hands would have been”, states just
how much she struggled in the 1900’s. She was her husband’s shadow, and
now that he was gone- there was nothing for her. She struggled with
herself before her husband died, and now she faces hardships of becoming
herself. Women struggled to become their own person, especially with a
demanding husband.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
SSRJ #2 Walker
Alice Walker's Roselily, was one of those sad stories about an unknown bride that seemed forced into marriage. The scene that is before me is a young woman who seems as though she doesn't want to be in the situation, is bored, and clearly uninterested in her own marriage before her. The ceremony around her seems big, especially since it is taking place in the south.
The story seems to capture a sense of the desperation some woman faced, she did not seem to want to get married, but rather did it for money reasons and wanted a stable life. She has kids from before this marriage, and it seems she is doing it for them. The theme I found throughout the story was misery. The unnamed bride did not seem like the was in love or even wanted love. She needed means to survive. She is portraying that woman need men, that they should get married, do anything their husbands ask, and have many children that they do not necessarily want, but choose to have to give they husbands a huge family. Many emotions are going through her while she is standing at the alter such as fear, uninterested, and desperation. She is thinking all of this in just a few minutes, and seems as though time stops when the preacher is speaking to the couple. She is thinking through this marriage while standing in front of a priest about to get married.
Questions/Comments:
What does the butterfly have to do with the story? The butterfly captivated her for a few short moments and would like to know what it is.
The story seems to capture a sense of the desperation some woman faced, she did not seem to want to get married, but rather did it for money reasons and wanted a stable life. She has kids from before this marriage, and it seems she is doing it for them. The theme I found throughout the story was misery. The unnamed bride did not seem like the was in love or even wanted love. She needed means to survive. She is portraying that woman need men, that they should get married, do anything their husbands ask, and have many children that they do not necessarily want, but choose to have to give they husbands a huge family. Many emotions are going through her while she is standing at the alter such as fear, uninterested, and desperation. She is thinking all of this in just a few minutes, and seems as though time stops when the preacher is speaking to the couple. She is thinking through this marriage while standing in front of a priest about to get married.
Questions/Comments:
What does the butterfly have to do with the story? The butterfly captivated her for a few short moments and would like to know what it is.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
SSRJ #1 Faulker
My initial reaction to "A Rose for Emily" was what just happened? I read the story numerous times, and finally understood just how creepy the story really is. The story took me through a woman just trying to find love, and when she fell she didn't want to let go.
Faulkner is trying to show how some woman are desperate to fall in love. When her father died, she didn't want to bury the body, she wanted to hold onto it. She didn't want to let go of the one man that she had loved. Her father seemed to be very protective of her, and she seemed to have only loved her father. Which sets up, for the events to come.And showed just how much she had loved her father, the theme of the story seems to be death. Her father was controlling of her, and when he died the only one she has truly loved died. She finally found love again with Homer Barron, she had her life ahead of her. She wanted to settle down and have a family- but Homer Barron didn't he was leaving her. She didn't want him to, and so she killed him? After killing him, she keeps his body and sleeps next to him until the day she dies. It is too creepy and weird for me to comprehend. If you love someone, you let them go and if they love you, they will come back. She could have taken her chances. Would you kill for love?
Comments/Questions: The whole story was pretty understandable after reading it a few times. But I do have a question. What did the taxes have to do with anything? They are mentioned throughout the first half of the story, but I don't see how they relate to Miss Emily? Or the story in general.
Faulkner is trying to show how some woman are desperate to fall in love. When her father died, she didn't want to bury the body, she wanted to hold onto it. She didn't want to let go of the one man that she had loved. Her father seemed to be very protective of her, and she seemed to have only loved her father. Which sets up, for the events to come.And showed just how much she had loved her father, the theme of the story seems to be death. Her father was controlling of her, and when he died the only one she has truly loved died. She finally found love again with Homer Barron, she had her life ahead of her. She wanted to settle down and have a family- but Homer Barron didn't he was leaving her. She didn't want him to, and so she killed him? After killing him, she keeps his body and sleeps next to him until the day she dies. It is too creepy and weird for me to comprehend. If you love someone, you let them go and if they love you, they will come back. She could have taken her chances. Would you kill for love?
Comments/Questions: The whole story was pretty understandable after reading it a few times. But I do have a question. What did the taxes have to do with anything? They are mentioned throughout the first half of the story, but I don't see how they relate to Miss Emily? Or the story in general.
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