Tuesday, October 16, 2007
HW 21 "Trying my best to help" Virgina Woolfs reading
Dear Emma,Reading Virgina Woolfs book is a very difficult read. I don't know how much help i can give you because i myself had probably just as hard of time reading it. After reading chapter one i picked up a couple of things. It seems to me Virgina Woolf might have some kind of problem, social problem but i am not positive, it might just be the way i read it. In chapter one the narrator has been asked to present a lecture about women and fiction. She is indecisive on the way to answer that. She feels the need to talk about women in general the need for a room of her own. I think she means maybe independence for women to write about what they feel or want. She asks you the reader to call her Mary and I think the setting is on a riverbank. She sits there and thinks about what women in fiction mean. A lot of the chapter i think she is going back to her past and recalling certain situations or events that help her ponder the idea of women in fiction. Your teacher might want you to read this because it is a different type of reading. It will be good for you. I myself have never read anything quite like Virgina Woolfs writting but i think it will be a good learning experience. It is really difficult to read and understand. If you
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Yes, the chapter does begin with a discussion of women and fiction, and goes on to show how Woolf arrived at her conclusion that a woman must have money and a room of her own to write.
A lot happens after the riverbank. There's a comparison between Oxbridge (the men's university where Woolf is barred from some areas) and Fernham (the women's college where she is welcome everywhere) and the meal the narrator eats on each campus. This demonstrates that women do not have the same access to education, tradition, and money that men do.
Don't forget to spell-check, proofread, and cite your sources.
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