***Miss Furr and Miss Skeene****
Page 500, second paragraph
“They were regular in being gay , thy learned many little things that are things in being gat , they were gay everyday , they were regular ,there were gay,they were the same lentgh of time everyday , they were gay , they were quite regularly gay ”
The first piece I read was “Miss Furr and Miss Skeene” , after reading the few lines I was very interested. In just the first paragraph the word gay was use countless times. Considering that this was written in 1925, I thought it was normal. As I began to read i noticed that the word “fay ” was very significant in this couples relationships. In the story the word Gay didn’t just mean happy, there where times that the word “gay”. in the story the word “gay” was used not only as happiness , i believe that it was used as satfiactfied or content. i was believe that the tone of the story change throughout the story.
In the quote above the author uses gay many times , but they way the word Gay was used was in a different tone then it was throughout the story . the word gay meant many different things throughout the story other than happy .
You aptly note that the word gay appears numerous times throughout Gertrude Stein’s “Miss Furr and Miss Skeene.” What effect does that have as you read? What meaning could it have as you interpret the short story?
You argue that in the story, gay has a variety of meanings. The meanings you suggest are very similar: happy content, etc. What about the meaning it has today? Could Stein use the word to refer to homosexuality? If so, what would this mean, both within the story and among its audience members?
Push yourself to interpret the passage either for its repetitive style or for its potentially meaningful use of the word gay.