Daily Archives: May 18, 2014

Asunder

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From “A room of One’s own”, by Virginia Woolf

Asunder – adverb. Adjective

Definition: into separate parts; in or into pieces.

http://m.dictionary.com/definition/asunder
From page 6 of 13: ” so tortured and pulled asunder by her own contrary instincts, that she must have lost her health and sanity to a certainty.”

After defining this word I now understand the context it was used in. Because women were not allow to display their talents like most man without being “hindered by other people”, this mad them into two people. The artist and the women society wants.

Fictitious

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From “professions for women” by Virginia Woolf

Fictitious – Adjective

Definition: created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false: fictitious names.

http://m.dictionary.com/definition/fictitious

From page two of three: ” Her fictitious nature was a great assistance to her. It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

I knew what the word meant but after finding the definition I understand that the word fictitious nature was used to describe the phantom that was a part of her.

 

 

 

Shillings

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Shillings (noun)

Definition: a British coin used before 1971 that was equal to 1/20 of a British pound.

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shilling

Found in: Professions for Women by Virginia Woolf

Quote: “by a litter from an editor containing a cheque for one pound ten shillings and sixpence.”

The article is explaining when she first received money from her job as a journalist. The word shillings describe the British currency that she received.

Telenovela’s and Woman’s Hollering Creek Connection

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What function do the telenovelas play in “Woman’s Hollering Creek”?

The telenovelas in the story are representative of Cleofilas aspiration of love. Cleofila imagines her romance to be like Lucias Mendez, “you or no one” she imagines. Cleofila imagines that if she is ever in an abusive situation with a man, she will fight back or run. Never did she imagine that she would stroke the hair of the man who hit her, consoling him instead. As well, she compares physically her husband to the men in telenovelas, nothing on how her husband is short and has acne scars. She also mentions the hair and makeup of the women on the telenovela serve as unrealistic life which doesn’t mirror her own. Cleofila compares her own life to that of the show. The soap opera is the unrealistic expectation. No one can live up to the fantasy in his or her mind. When Cleofila in place in a confrontational situation with her husband, she can’t cope. She see’s how her life is dependent on her husband and the little amount she gets to do things by herself. Without the telenovela, Celofila would not have it to compare her life to. Celofila is worried about the gossip and what people will say about her, and she thinks of the disgrace she will be to her family.

Pad Thai

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Pad Thai (noun)

Definition:  A thai dish of rice noodles that are stir0fried with other ingredients

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/padthai

Found in: A Short essay of being by Jenny Boully

Quote: “Pad is all of these, but seven years ago, I learned that it is a type of thai middle dish: pad thai, it’s called”

This is describing the type of food that starts with the word “pad” as the other things she knows that starts with pad.

Adhan

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Adhan (noun)

Definition: Islam call to prayer.

Source: dictionary.reference.com/browse/adhan

Found in: What the scar revealed by Zohra Saad

Quote: “To heal, the cut navel swallow the city and remembers its fragrance. Turquoise domes, spice vendors, pomegranates like hearts, and the adman in her ear are consumed by this bloody wound.”

I now understand that it is a call to prayer that she hears in her ear.

Telenovela

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Telenovela (noun)

Definition:  A soap opera produced in and televised in or from many latin-american countries.

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telenovela

Found in: Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros

Quote: “Or to the girlfriend’s house to watch the latest telenovela episode and try to copy the way the woman comb their hair, wear they makeup.”

The explains that the episode is a latin-american soap opera she enjoyed to watch with her girlfriends.

Fringe

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Fringe (noun)

Definition:  A border made of hanging threads used to decorate the end of something

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fringe

Found in: Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros

Quote: “So tall they had to be supported with broom handles and old boards; red red cockscombs, fringed and bleeding a think menstrual color.”

The word fringed is used to describe the garden flowers colored and decorated style. It explains the red “menstrual colored” cockscombs on the edge.