Repurposing Genre Assigment

Teresa Lopez Ramos

English 1121

Professor Gold

May 20, 2019

Part 6 – Repurposing “Feminist Literary Criticism”

“Why should I have a raise”

I say to my sisters, “I don’t want to compete but, I have to”

The man sitting next to me does what I do

Follows my lead

Not brave enough, to tell his fellow

men – what is wrong

“I don’t want to marry right now”

I say to my mother, she tells me “I will be alone”

Families overflowing, finding money to support

I want to be educated

“I want to be a lawyer”

My uncles say, “We won’t be surprised if you drop out”

They say that women don’t deserve to be in the court room

And if you do “can you fight like a man”

I say “I can fight like a woman”

I know what I want

I can grab it

I don’t need a man

All I have to do is fight for it