Our theme for this coming week's stories is parenting. What is the major conflict each parent faces in these two stories? Find a quote that examines this conflict and discuss it.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Friday, March 20, 2015
Blog #3 "Boys & Girls", "Girl"
The French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1984) famously wrote: “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.” What de Beauvoir means here is that gender is not a natural fact, but is a social construction. Society makes women. Gender is learned behavior.
How is the social construction of gender revealed in the stories “Boys and Girls” and “Girl”? Focus on a particular example from “Boys and Girls” and find a quote to back it up.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Blog #2 "No Name Woman," "Desiree's Baby"
How do both these stories explore family and culture as bearers of patriarchal traditions? Quote or cite from one particular passage as evidence.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Trifles blog #1
In a paragraph or two please respond to the following:
Find a quote from the play that you think accurately describes the differing attitudes of the men and the women toward the crime. Put each quote on your blog entry and discuss each of them.
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