One Thing that surprised me in this book was the very ending of the story where she was in a state of shock thinking Brentley was dead but in fact he was alive. Why this surprised me is because we all thought the same thing in the story. I wonder what she was thinking. Did it seem like a dream to her or a nightmare ? One thing that intrigued me about this story was the whole point of the story, because I too as the readed thought certain things as the main character but at the end was shocked at the results it was giving. One thing that puzzled me in this book was the death of the husband because at the twisted end he was then found dead. Did someone plan to kill him or did they just assume he was dead from nothing in return from something he was doing?
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What surprised me in this story was how the woman did her grieving process, she waited until the grief had passed to then stay in her room and relax allowing time to heal her from her pain. Also what surprised me about this story was how she did the grieving in her room but no one she lives with seems to have checked up on her in the process of it. What intrigued me about this story was how she felt while being in the room starting to see and hear things she found fascinating to her. Blue sky and songs playing in her head. It seems like she was getting a sign from her husband about his death. One thing that puzzled me in this story was the very beginning of it. I had a very different scene as to where the story may lead, it was all over the place, like I wasn’t sure if she was paralyzed or the feelings towards her husband became paralyzed.
What surprised you and why? What surprised me in “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin was Mrs. Mallard’s response to her husband’s death as well as her response to seeing her husband alive and well. I was not expecting her to feel triumphant by realizing that she would have the ability to be independent following the death of Mr. Mallard and I was most definitely not expecting her to drop dead upon seeing him alive. I assumed her “piercing cry” was one of excitement rather than dread until I re-read the last paragraph a few times. What intrigued you and why? What intrigued me about the story ” The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant was the lesson it seemed to teach. Throughout the beginning of the story, Madame Loisel is miserable because she is living what she deems to be a ‘poor’ life. In preparation for a ball, she ends up borrowing a necklace to present herself as belonging among the rich and when she loses the necklace, she lies and ends up putting her and her husband in debt in order to pay the debt back. For ten years she now experiences what it really means to be poor, and all to find out that the necklace she borrowed to begin with, was fake. The lesson I gather from this story is to be grateful, always, for what you have and to always tell the truth. If Madame Loisel had told the truth to begin with, she would have known the true value of the necklace she lost and would not have had to suffer, but perhaps she had to suffer to gain a new perspective on her life. What puzzled you and why? The poem “The Wife” by Emily Dickinson puzzled me. “She rose to his […]
In “The Wife” by Emily Dickenson, what surprised me was her use of verbal irony when she says, “She rose to his requirement, dropped/The playthings of her life/To take the honorable work/Of woman and of wife” (Dickenson 1-4). This surprised me because during her time in the 1800s, being a wife in the way that was expected was to live a life in the house, being subservient to your husband. In these lines, she portrays womanhood and marriage as an honorable thing for women, when in reality it wasn’t, and a lot of women secretly hated it. This is surprising to me because it shows that Emily Dickenson was critical of her time despite the cultural norms and gender standards put in place. When she describes the woman’s individuality before marriage as the “playthings of her life” it reiterates the idea that it wasn’t important, and her responsibility and focus lie with a man not with herself or in other words, “the playthings of her life”. The part of the poem that intrigued me was Dickenson’s inclusion of the sea when she says, “as the sea/Develops both pearl and weed” (Dickenson 9-10). This intrigued me because pearls are beautiful creations that come from the sea, but seaweed is bothersome. When you go to the beach and the water is covered with seaweed, it feels weird on your skin, it’s hard to swim through and it tangles up in everything. On the contrary, oysters make pearls, and they are often beautiful and worth a lot of money. This intrigued me because she amplifies how both beauty and ugly can be found in the same place. In relation to marriage, it can be both beautiful and ugly especially in this case where the Cult of Domesticity is the norm. Marriage is beautiful […]
