Category Archives: Blog Post 6

In the novel “Two or three things I know for sure by Dorothy Allison”. Allison writes about the female perspective on how men and women are portrayed in her life by saying “Women lose their lives not knowing they can … Continue reading →

Gender differences are very complex in their own way. Dorothy Allison writes, “Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different. Men eat themselves up believing they have to be the thing they have been made.” In simpler terms of … Continue reading →

“On page 51 of the text, Allison writes, “Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different. Men eat themselves up believing they have to be the thing they have been made.” Reflect on what this quote means … Continue reading →

“Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different. Men eat themselves up believing they have to be the thing they have been made.” I believe this quote deals with gender roles and the idea that were are … Continue reading →

Allison writes about the female perspective on how men and women are portrayed in her life by saying “Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different. Men eat themselves up believing they have to be the thing … Continue reading →

In the book, this quote means that the children grow up thinking that they can’t change the ways they were raised. That all they grew up knowing; everthing they saw as “normal” or as”the way things were”, was never going … Continue reading →

“Age, Class and Sex: Women Redefining Difference” by Audre Lorde remind me of this quote “Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different. Men eat themselves up believing they have to be the thing they have been … Continue reading →

“Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different. Men eat themselves up believing they have to be the thing they have been made.” I think this quote means that women can do so much more then they … Continue reading →

Humans are very sexual beings. When we socialize, get to know one another and provoke the dopamine in each other’s bodies, we are being sexual. When we kiss it’s sexual. Even when we rate others, it’s sexual- despite who you’re rating. Violence … Continue reading →

                There are many roles and reasons Allison tells stories in this novel. She tells stories as a way to remember her mother and her memories, to help her heal from being raped and abused as a child, to tell the story … Continue reading →