June 8th

The Yellow Wallpaper: I always seem to have the same reaction to this text. It is twisted and truly depressing. It is in the passage that describes the color of the room that stood out to me most. She describes the color as "repellant" and "revolting" which are harsh and unsettling words. She continues the description with "a smoldering unclean yellow" and "a sickly sulphur tint". The images appealed to my senses in many ways, and made me think of my chemistry lab. Sulphur has such an awful smell, therefore I was able to link how miserable the color of the room must be. If is it at all like the smell of sulphur, than it must be unbearable.
Lady Lazarus: There were many passages in this text that stood out to me. The one that caught my attention most, however, was "out of the ash I rise with my red hair And I eat men like air". This image evoked a strong sense of power. I found it similar to the idea of the modern woman that we discussed in class today. There was an example used that women use their bodies to control men such as with the bend and snap from legally blonde. This quote from the text evoked a very similar image in my mind.
When I Was Growing Up: The quote that stood out to me most in this text was "when I was growing up and went to high school, I discovered the rich white girls, a few yellow girls, their imported cotton dresses, their cashmere sweaters...". I feel that these descriptions are very stereotypic of the "American girl". This quote made me think back to when I was in high school, and I think because I went to a private all-girls institution, with a uniform dress code, that these types of stereotypes were not present. It evoked a feeling of sympathy inside me because I think it is sad that this female living in America felt that she was not good enough and strived to be something that she was not.