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Joanne Haggar Wednesday June 9
- “And just what was mother doing out back with the field mice? Why, building a palace. Later that night when Thomas rolled over and lurched into her, she would open her eyes and think of the place that was hers for an hour—where she was nothing, pure nothing, in the middle of the day”(300-301). - This passage from “Daystar” leaves me with an image of a mom that is worn out from all of her responsibilities. She just wants some time for herself and the only time she can get it is when her daughter is napping. I had a reaction to this passage because I think that being a mother is a hard job and mothers deserve more credit than they get. Being a mother is a full time job and there is no wonder why this woman in the poem is exhausted. I like the image of her day dreaming in a chair outside behind the garage and how she thinks about it at night when she is trying to sleep too. It shows that she is in a way unhappy and needs to fantasize about happier places. Women don’t get enough credit for raising children and I think this poem is hinting at that.
- When the lady in “A pair of silk stockings” found fifteen dollars “it seemed to her a very large amount of money, and the way in which it stuffed and bulged her worn old porte-monnaie gave her a feeling of importance such as she had not enjoyed for years. This quote made me think of how money is usually associated with men and men are associated with power and importance. Once she found the money it made her feel important, important like a man. This whole story was about how the money made her feel important and she enjoyed her life more. It says the money “freed her of responsibilities” and she was living a wonderful life for a day because of the money.
- The story “Why I want a Wife” is actually kind of funny. I like how she says “I belong to that classification of people known as wives” like being a wife is a job. I think its funny that she talks about how a wife will pick up after you and take care of the kids and keep track of your things. I like how she says she wants a wife because who wouldn’t want one if they do everything for you. In a way the author is sarcastically portraying the image of a housewife.
I agree that women deserve more credit for how much dedicated and hard work they put into tending to the household. All three of these texts seem to have a common thread of trying to make the audience realize how much effort it takes to be a woman and it seems as though all of the authors are trying to convey that most of this hard work goes simply unnoticed. I think it is important for women writers to keep producing texts like this, it could be a step toward women being able to receive that absolute recognition and understanding that they deserve.
ReplyDelete2. As far as your comment about daystar, I do agree that the money represented somehow that the woman was given power. To play devils advocate (this isn't what I believe or how I see it) what do you think about the way the woman handles that power? Going out and buying things for herself instead of her children? Yes she possesses this new found power in the fifteen dollars, but I'd really like to hear your perspective on how that power effects her.
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