Shawl- noun
a square, triangular, or oblong piece of wool or other material worn,especially by women, about the shoulders, or the head and shoulders,in place of a coat or hat outdoors, and indoors as protection againstchill or dampness.
The shawl by Ozick
“She looked into Magda’s face through a gap in the shawl: a squirrel in a nest, safe, no one could reach her inside the little house of the shawl’s windings”.
object of as an important object, both physically and symbolically
Sheer-
adjective
nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis)
adverb
completely; right.
Recitatif
“Nothing could have been less sheer than my stockings”.
sheer was used as a type of sheer fabric
Sheer was
Fancy
adjective
elaborate in structure or decoration.
verb
feel a desire or liking for.
noun
a feeling of liking or attraction, typically one that is superficial or transient.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fancy
the yellow walpaper
“I sometimes fancy that in my condition if I had less opposition and more society and stimulus—but John says the very worst thing I can do is to think about my condition, and I confess it always makes me feel bad”
the word fancy is used as a feeling about herself.
“Who would’ve? Pain or rage, perhaps, but not a hoot like the one Felice had just let go. Makes you want to holler like Tarzan, Felice had said. Then Felice began laughing again, but it wasn’t Felice laughing. It was gurgling out if her own throat, a long ribbon of laughter, like water”
Title: women Hollering creek
Author: Sandra Cisneros
Felice and Cleofilas were in the car, driving away from Cleofilas husband. They were both fill with happiness to know that she is free from domestic violence. This was the moment they crossed “the arroyo”.
This statement relates to the extreme story as a whole because this is the moment CIeofilas was waiting for the moment her husband places his hands on her. This moment in the passage symbolize freedom and women empowering herself. In the story Cleofilas was constantly beaten by her husband. She had no where to run too until Felice rescued her.
This statement remains me of “The yellow Wallpaper. In the end of the story, Johns wife crawled over his body as he laid flat on the floor shocked that his wife free. This same sense of freedom is also shown in “Women Hollering creek”. Both women were controlled by their husbands and finally found a way out. In “The Yellow Wallpaper”, Johns wife was confined in a nursery and in “Women hollering creek”, Cleofilas couldn’t go nowhere without the help of her husband.
“Therefore we must fearlessly pull out of ourselves and look at and identify with our lives the living creativity some of our great grandmothers were not allowed to know. I stress some of them because it is well known that the majority of our great grandmothers knew, even without “knowing it”, the reality of their spirituality, even if they didn’t recognize it beyond what happened in the singing at church and they never had any intention of giving it up”
Title: In search of our mothers gardens
Author: Alice Walker
This statement from the story is explaining how most black women are afraid of creating the world of creativity. This is explaining that our great grand parents didn’t have the opportunity to do what we are capable of doing because they were not allowed to do so. Our grandmother knew the talents they had.
This statement related to the story as a whole because the story talks about our ancestors inability to feed their creative nature. They were too busy working and didn’t have free time to unravel anything stuck in their minds. We have the ability to do what our ancestors were unable to do but as stated in the text to be an artist and a black women lowers your status ins many aspects rather than raise it.
This statement remains me “Professions for women” by Virginia Woolf. In the story it speaks about bridges that women have to burn that to work in a field that love. Women are viewed in a different way if they write about certain things. So they battle with the angelic identity that society have created versus the real them. “In search of my mothers garden” also relates to this issue because most women are afraid to be creative because of what society would say.
Glossary write-up
While looking up these words, I realized how important it is to understand the context of the reading. Without knowing these definitions, some sentences were confusing while others flat out didn’t make sense. Understanding the meaning behind each term that I looked up helped me to grasp the meaning of the writing. Most of the words that I choose are nouns and understand them gave me insight on the work. Some were culturally or socially related such as telenovela, bigot, and jitterbugging. Others were unusual words such as bogey or adhan that I wasn’t familiar with I now understand. Knowing these definitions have helped me with identifying words from other non-school related articles.
From the story ” Women Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros
Telenovela- noun
Definition-Latin America and Hispanic communities) a television soap opera, usually having a limited number of episodes.
http://m.dictionary.com/definition/Telenovela
From page 1401: “the kind the books and songs and telenovelas describe when one finds, finally, the great love of one’s life, and does whatever one can, must do, at whatever the cost.”
I choose to define this word because it was used several times in the story. The telenovela was what Cleofilas based her life on.
From the story “The Shawl”, by Louise Erdrich
Shawl- noun
Definition: a piece of fabric worn by women over the shoulders or head or wrapped around a baby.
http://m.dictionary.com/definition/shawl
From page 1409: “Soon, she couldn’t rise to cook or keep the cabin neat, and it was too much for the girl, who curled up each night exhausted in her red and brown plaid shawl.”
Defining this word help me to better understand the story. The shawl is a important part of the story.
Taken from “The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath
Rosenberg case
Definition: Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg were United States citizens convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage during a time of war, and executed. Their charges were related to the passing of information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. In 1995, the U.S.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenberg_Case
From the start of the story: “The summer they electrocuted the Rosenberg’s, and I didn’t know what I was doing in New York.
After searching what the Rosenberg’s case was about am more aware of why it was brought up in the story so many times.
Taken from the story “The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath
Shock therapy ( shock treatment)- noun
Definition : treatment of chronic mental conditions by electroconvulsive therapy or by inducing physiological shock.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_therapy_(economics)
From page 135: “He thinks you should have some shock treatments at his private hospital in Walton”
This part shows when illness became severe. I know understand the meaning better and how it relates to Esther’s mental state.
From “A room of ones own” by Virginia Woolf
prosaically -adjective
Definition: commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
http://m.dictionary.com/definition/asunder
From page 4 of 13: “what one must do to bring her life was to think poetically and prosaically at one and the same moment.”
After defining this word I know understand that the prosaic is a contrast for poetic.
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