posts for July 11th

When I was reading They Yellow Wallpaper the quote, "I cry at nothing and i cry most of the time" really caught my eye. When i first came across this quote I pictured an image of a woman sitting alone crying really sticks out to me. Being that my friends mom has recently passed away this image really hit home to me. My heart automatically went out to the lady and really made me feel for the woman. I can only imagine being locked up in a room searching for a way out and feel as if my wallpaper is staring at me. When I went on to read "Aint I a Woman" the quote, "Den dat little man in black dar, he say women cant have as much rights as men" caught my attention because I feel as if this is an issue that is still very relevant in todays society. There are many people who feel as if this is true and reagardless of how far women have come they are still very much below the male race. This quote brought out feelings of frustration in me and also helped me to feel how long this struggle has been going on and how long it may exist. The entire poem, "Lady Lazarus" caught my attention. I can not really point out a specific line that I felt my attention being drawn to because I felt that way throughout the entire poem. This poem just made me feel so sad and I felt bad for a woman who would try and end her life so many times. You cant help but feel a horrible sense of sadness while you read this work. The poem, "When i was growing up" had many wonderful images in it, however, the one that caught my eye was "when i was growing up, my sisters with fair skin got praised for their beauty and I fell further, crushed between high walls." This caught my attention because it is something that everyone with a sister can relate to. So many times you are compared to your syblings and many of these times it only brings your confidence down. It seems as if the woman in this poem didnt mind being compared to the rest of the world, however, there was jealousy in her relationship with her sister and this comparison struck closer to home. I thought that the poem, "the 38th year" was a really sweet poem, despite the saddness that exists in it. I liked the last stanza which said, "I had expected more than this. I had not expected to be an ordiary woman." I liked this line because I felt like the woman in this work realized at this point that there was nothing wrong in being an ordinary woman. She realizes how much she respected her mother and her children will feel the same way about her because she is an "ordinary woman" It was this line that provided a turning point in the poem for me.