Class for 6/9 the absence of race

Judith Sargent Murry "On the Equality of the Sexes":
I like the fact that this speech is very commanding and Murry seems to be speaking with passive agression instead of just speaking from the perspective of a fearful woman. she asks if nature is "partial in he distributions" when it comes to equality between man and woman and i think its not nature that is the problem, but society. seh talks about how old people generally have tend to have the same type of stories to tell regardless of sex. I liked the fact that instead of the body, she compared the souls instead. I personally agree that the souls of men and women are equal and so the bodies should be treated as equals as well. She says that she believes that all advantages given to men in the bible is strictly metaphorical. im starting to relate my mental thoughts to some of her ideas as well.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman "False Play":
This reading left me smiling because all o could think of was the term hyppocricy. the mother is forcing the child to say he loves her event though she does not truly love him. At the end, the child gives in and lies after seeing some fake tears from his mother. I cant help but think that the child is actually grown and the mother is older and trying to force the love of the child. This reading just shows the way everyone sometimes lies a white lie just to keep the peace. its easy to know when someone is faking and even a child can tell when the parent is not sincere.

"The Mother's Charge"
This was a straight forward reading, all i deciphered is that a mother is giving her child some advice on what is right and what is wrong. giving her traditional lists of what has been passed down to her from the generation before her to be passed down to all her descendants. It is felt to me like i was reading a book of rulds that are not imposed but understood. She is grooming her daughter to know the right from the wrong.



Charlotte Perkins Gilman: "The Yellow Wallpaper":
To be frankly honest, i dont know how many times i have read this short story and every time i read it, i discover something new. The protagonist and her husband John are rent a mansion because the protagonist needs mental rest. she is then put into this nursery with a wallpaper that "commits every artistic sin." i believe that her husband confined her because he believed time away from people would heal her but it only made her worse because she began to focus on the yellow wallpaper in the room. I believe that there is a lot wrong with her, first i beielve she is a little nuts, second, i believe that the has a serious case of OCD, and third, i believe she has an over active imagination, all these three things together work against her because when someone is confined wit nothing to do their mind begist to wander. I feel that her obsession with the wallpaper is symbolic for the feeling of women being trapped