In "The Yellow Wall-Paper" the quote that got my attention was "It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough to constantly irritate and provoke study, and when you follow the lame uncertain curves for a little distance they suddenly committ suicide." This part of the text stuck out to me because it was such a depressing way to describe the wall paper. When I think of something representing suicide I have negative thoughts, and I felt sorry for this woman. From this story, that depressing wall paper was what the lady noticed most about the room. I was angered at the fact that the men in the story thought the right solution for her "sickness" was to stick her in a room that she described with the words "committ suicide." I think this part of the text could relate to how men do not understand women and do not listen to them when they are expressing how they feel and what they want.
In Sojourner Truth, "Ain't I A Woman?', which was my favorite text we had to read for tomorrow, the quote that stood out to me was "Then they talk about this thing in the head..." This stuck out to me because people even today still compare how smart and intelluctual men are to women. Sojourner Truth is trying to make the point that it should not matter who is smarter because women and blacks should get equal rights. In this quote she is using the word head to represent the knowledge that men and women have. She does not understand what this has to do with rights and I agree with her, and that's why that part stuck out to me the most. This image can be related to corporate America today because men are often getting jobs ahead of women because they are believed to have more knowledge.
In "Lady Lazarus" written by Syliva Plath the quote that stuck out to me most was "The peanut-crunching crowd." This stuck out to me the most because it instantly made me think of alot of people gathered together watching something. This stuck out to me because I normally think of eating peanuts while watching a baseball game and that is one of my favorite things to do. In this text I feel that she is saying a peanut crunching crowd is watching her life. She feels that she is being watched and that all the decisions she makes are being judged. This also stuck out to me because I can relate to it. This quote can relate to the poems we looked at the first day of class because in the poems the women felt that they were always being watched.
In Nellie Wong , "When I Was Growing Up" the quote that I had a strong reaction to was "exotic gardenia." This stuck out to me because once again a beautiful woman is being compared to a flower and in this case, an exotic flower. I want to be confused about this and wonder why women are always compared to something but I understand that women are seen as beautiful and so are flowers. In this text she is saying she felt special when a white man took her out because it made her feel like an exotic gardenia. This relates to the poems we looked at the first day because the women were being compared to flowers such as roses in those poems.
In the text "The Thirty Eighth Year" by Lucille Clifton the quote that stook out to me the most was "plain as bread, round as cake." This stuck out to me because it is food imagery. It stuck out to me because she is comparing the way she thinks of herself to food. I thought it was interesting that she was trying to convey that she did not like the way she looked and she compared her body to food that could be seen as "unhealthy." This could be related to the poem that was shared in class by Sylvia Plath about her pregnant body. She compared herself to melons. Both of these texts have parts where the woman is not happy with the way she looks.
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I liked your observation with the "peanut crunching crowd" in Lady Lazarus. I didn't notice that when I read through it, and now that you mention the idea of a crowd watching an event like a baseball game, it makes more sense. The wording of it makes it sounds like they are gawking as they watch her, like it's some sort of entertainment for them.
I love how you made the connection of the women in "The Thirty Eighth Year" compairing herself to food, but not just any food, ROUND cake and PLAIN bread. Those are very not appealing discriptions when discribing a body and I didnt realize that until I read your blog!
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