Questions for The Hours

1.Describe the three female characters in great detail? What do they have in common? 

How do they differ? How does their era influence who they are? 

 *Susix England:  she hears voices she can’t take something anymore. She is going crazy she is Virginia Wolf. She likes to write with great thought and analyzation. Virginia lives in the past first. Seems like she is depressed or/ stressed out of something. She lives, eats, and sleeps her writing. She is the writer of the book.

She is a maybe jelous of her sister’s family. She kisses her own sister in the mix of her sister leaving with her two boys and little girl that saw them kissing. 

*Los angeles: She is very quite, but a little mysterious. She doesn’t talk much. She seems like she is depressed or/ stressed, too.  She is reading the book. She kinda sees herself inside the book as she reads it. She kisses her friend on the lips.Her name is Laura. She decides to live instead of committing suicide or something else. 

*New York: Her partner is a woman. Her name is Mrs.  Clarrisa Dalaway. It seems like he is hiding something and depressed. She has a lover that does actually loves her. The man knows that she is just using him as an excuse, so that she doesn’t think of her own life and also because she cares for him. She has the name of Virginia’s book. Braking down in the kitchen. The little boy in the other story is the ex-lover of hers. The guy is explaining to Clarrisa that she must let him go. So, he kills himself, happily.

2. Compare/Contrast these female characters with the female characters from the literature weʼve read.

*In the "Hours"*

All of these three woman seems like they have some kind of interest towards woman. Seems like all three of them space off and go into their other world. Where they think and analyze things into detail. They all have some kind of secret that they hide and they hide it by other distractions in their lives. 

*Books we have read*

In the books we have read it seems like there is always one woman that is correct for the main character of the book. Then on the other hand there is a woman that isn't such a bright idea to mesh with her. In the books there are some what hidden secrets. Most likely there are always punishments for taking the path that there hearts want (this is mostly only for the woman character that is considered the "good girl") in life. 

The Yellow Wallpaper

*What happened to the narrator of the story?*

~ The narrator basically became crazy as the story went on.

~ As the story progressed she became more aware of her life style because as she saw the images on the wallpaper she was really seeing her non-freedom life style. 

~ She finally in some kind of looney way releases the soul, thus in a way releasing her own.

*List 10 concrete details the author uses to show what happened to the narrator.*

1. ~ "... absolutely forbidden to 'work..."

2. ~ "... John says the very worst thing I can do is think about my condition, and I confess it always makes me feel bad."

3. ~ "... it is like a woman stooping down and creeping about behind that pattern..."

4. ~ "... here are so many of those creeping women, and they creep so fast. I wonder if they all come out of that wall-paper as I did?"

5. ~ It focuses exclusively on her own thoughts, feelings, and perceptions.

6. ~  The narrator is in a state of anxiety for much of the story, with flashes of sarcasm, anger, and desperation.

7. ~ The struggle between the narrator and her husband, who is also her doctor, over the nature and treatment of her illness leads to a conflict within the narrator’s mind. 

8. ~  The narrator decides to keep a secret journal, in which she describes her forced passivity and expresses her dislike for her bedroom wallpaper.

9. ~ The narrator completely identifies herself with the woman imprisoned in the wallpaper.

10. ~  The narrator spends her time crawling on all fours around the room because she identifies herself to the lady in the . Her husband discovers her and collapses in shock, and she keeps crawling, right over his fallen body.

Story of an Hour

Compare and Contrast: 

Ethan Frome:

- Ethan Frome was a man.

- he was longing for freedom of Starkfield, England.

- he was also, wanting to leave together with his true love Mattie. 

- attempts suicide, twice to escape the life style he was living in.

Story of an Hour:

- Louise is a woman.

- She was aching for the independent freedom.

- She planned to re- start her life as a new woman with self choices.

- She ends her life with disappointment. 

Women Writers

* We have only read two women writers so far: Barbara Kingsolver for The Bean Trees and now Edith Wharton with Ethan Frome. Are women writers any different from men? Do they choose different topics? Do they have different writing styles? Do you prefer to read stories by men or women? Does it matter if a book is by a man or a woman?

I think that it isn't a lot of difference from a woman's and a man's writing styles. Well, the woman's writing style a bit different because woman writers tend to write about deeper and sensitive topics. I really don't mind if I am reading a man's or/ a woman's books, I say as long as I find the book interesting to read then I will read it.

Edith Wharton

* Skim the information about Edith Wharton. Write down five interesting facts about her life:

- In 1902 she built The Mount, her estate in Lenox, Massachusetts, which survives today as an example ofher design principles

- Edith Wharton wrote several of her novels, including The House of Mirth (1905), the first of many chronicles of the nature of old New York, and entertained the cream of American literary society, including her close friend, the novelist Henry James

- Many of Wharton's novels are characterized by a subtle use of dramatic irony.

- Wharton was a committed supporter of French imperialism, describing herself as a "rabid imperialist". After World War I, she travelled to Morocco as the guest of the Resident General, General Hubert Lyautey, and wrote a book In Morocco, about her experiences. Wharton's writing on her Moroccan travels is full of praise for the French administration and for Lyautey and his wife in particular.

- Wharton continued writing until her death, lying in bed and dropping each finished page to the floor to be collected when she finished. Wharton's last novel, The Buccaneers, was unfinished at the time of her death.

Vocabulary Review

In the Vocabulary Section, look at words 106-135. Write a short story using 10 of the words. Put the vocabulary words in bold.

Words :

1. 119. siesta- midday nap

2. 133. generation- period of time between the birth of one group and that of its offspring

3. 122. anon- soon; shortly

4. 110. desperado- bold outlaw; dangerous criminal

5. 107. barrio- neighborhood

6. 109. bravado- pretended courage

7. 118. renegade- deserter; turncoat; traitor

8. 111. flotilla- a small fleet

9. 115. machismo- manly self-assurance; masculine drive; virility

10. 108. bonanza- rich pocket of ore; any source of wealth

Story: 

Generation after generation my barrio has had the reputation of many desperado's living as a family of anger towards the rest of the world. They sometimes call my home the island for dangerous criminals or/ the d.c. The d.c. flotilla maybe small, but we all are stronger put together especially after the  siestas we all take. The Island maybe filled with criminals, but that doesn't mean that we don't have rules. We have only three major rules on the island. Rule number three, always show machismo. Even when you get down you must show bravado to keep safe from everyone in d.c. We may all consider each other family, but on this island everyone is your enemy too. Rule number two you must be alert for the renegade that are only there to help the enemies. Never let your guard down completely, but just enough to lead them in. Rule number one stick together while retrieving the bonanza, but I can feel it anon, we will not have to do this anymore  longer. We will take over everything!

Renegades of Funk

Who are some of the people mentioned? What does Zack de la Rocha (the singer) admire about them?

A.) Some of the people mentioned into his song were:

 Tom Paine
Dr. Martin Luther King

Malcom X

B.) Zack de la Rocha admires them because they were renegades of their time and age
He also may admire them because they changed the world of history by them contributing their feelings among others around them.

Seattle 1999

What is the WTO? 

The World Trade Organization (WTO) involves the discussion of the world trade. 

In the movie This is What Democracy Looks Like, what are they protesting about the WTO?

They were protesting about the world trade and the unfair treatment of factory workers.