Her use of imagery and personification throughout the writing draws the reader into the sick mind of a young mother struggling to find herself again and broaches the issue of feminism. According to the Online Literature website, Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1860. Her father, a librarian, abandoned the family early on and Charlotte was often looked after by her Great aunt and uncle, Harriet and Henry Beecher. Henry was a social reformer and Harriet was the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Due to the strong social and literary influences, Charlotte was drawn to literature and began writing at a young age.
The book I chose for my independent reading project is called “Burned” by Ellen Hopkins. The project I chose to do is a book box because the book I’ve read has a lot of items that correspond to the events and characters in my book. The items I have chosen from my book is a journal, a diaper, a ring, a cell phone, and a pregnancy test. The first item I chose was a journal. The reason I chose this item is because in the book, the main character Pattyn Von Stratten used a journal write down all her troubles because her librarian Ms. Rose told her it would be good for her.
Which both the wives and husbands were forced to marry, without loving each other. “She lay stone-still (line 6-7)”, means that her marriage had killed part of who she was because she was displeased with her marriage. Another literary device that is used in this poetic sequence is metaphor, “the strange low sobs that shook their common bed (line 3)”. Since they were probably forced to marry, they probably forced to have sexual relationships, which was why the wife would cry in their bed. Another example of metaphor would be, “drink the pale drug of silence (line10)”, which would mean that she is suffering and that she has to suffer quietly, no one much know that suffers in this marriage.
The Story of an Hour is about a woman with a fragile heart, who is carefully informed of her husband Brently Mallard's death due to a railroad accident. As one reads the story, it is simple to believe that Mrs. Mallard weeps at the news of her husband’s death, for now she is a young widow who may have been deeply in love. However, there is much more depth and there are layers to the story that spark the question of how well one can truly know what another feels if one only knows a short part of the story. Mrs. Mallard maintains a façade of loving her husband, which is also perpetuated by the world view that a married couple loves each other. She is oppressed by her husband, whose “face…had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead”.
Mr. Richards was in the newspaper office when he heard the news of the railroad disaster. Josephine started to break the news gently to her sister Mrs. Mallard. After Mrs. Mallard heard the news of her husband’s death; she didn’t react the way you think that she would. Instead of her having that paralyzed inability to accept his death she just wept. The grief she was feeling overcame her and she went to her room to be alone.
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now “Wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now” by Maya Angelou is a book of short meditations. The topics include fashion, entertainment, sensuality and pregnancy, racism, and death. The characters in the book are family memories, friends, associates, and Maya herself. The book also contains two poems, “Mrs. V.B.” about her mother Vivian Baxter, who was one of the first black females to join the merchant marines.
Biography of Kate Chopin Kate Chopin was a famous author during the late eighteen hundreds publishing many famous short stories and novels such as The Awakening and Bayou Folks. She has often been referred to as “a pioneer in the amoral treatment of sexuality, of divorce, and of woman’s urge for an existential authenticity” (Seyersted 1). She led the way for feminism and was praised after her death once her style of writing became more accepted. Chopin wrote about the passion that other authors during her time would not dare to speak of. Her life greatly influenced literature today and the censorship that follows.
Because of this, it seems appropriate that Austen's novel follows the lives of the five Bennett daughters on their search to find the ideal husband. By reading the introductory lines of the novel it is evident that marriage and courtship will play the dominating factor in the plot. This is not Austen's own view but a familiar fact that is just accepted as part of society. In the regency period, the position of women was considered important, but not equal to men and this is presented in Pride and Prejudice. Moreover, the position of women in the society within the text is more or less based on Jane Austen's real life interpretation of the actual position of women in her time.
The Story of an Hour As the title puts it, “The Story of an Hour” is a story that happens in one hour. This story mostly revolves around one woman, Louise Mallard. The story begins on a very sad note especially in the eyes of a reader. Mrs. Mallard is said to have a “heart trouble” (Chopin 1), so her sister Josephine felt that great care had to be taken when delivering the sad news of her husband Brently Mallard’s death. Upon the delivery of the news, she starts sobbing and grieving then goes to her room to be by herself.
Wilson 1 Megan Wilson Professor Beal English 102 October 4, 2011 A Study on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: and How Her Life Reflects on the Short Story “Clothes” The very talented author and poet, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni wrote a collection of short stories called Arranged Marriage. This is just one of her many award winning works. Although, in the beginning she was not seeking to become a writer, she came here from India to get an education and stayed. She still finds herself torn between two cultures and Chitra says, “In my writing it comes up many times because I’m aware of other people whose entry into America was even more diasporic than mine. And I write about them too; their stories are important to me.” (qtd in Seschachari).