Friday, January 17, 2014
Gender roles in Evaline
I'm actually really surprised that nobody touched on this while we were doing three by threes in class.Tthe only reason it wasn't involved in mine was because I assumed a bunch of people would pick it up but, I noticed super distinct gender roles and Evaline. Like every paragraph had something that was just about a man protecting her or her having to stay home and keep the family together. I'm pretty sure this was a typo but it still helped my brain focus on all of the gender roles. the first word is she and it's all in capitals which I don't think is relevant but still being the first word is obviously has some power. She did have a job which, you know, doesn't fit into the gender roles quite as much as some of the older values that I can see but, still she dusted once a week, she kept the house clean and, tried to keep her family together and even when leaving she's still stuck in that mindset of "she's a woman they are men." she thought she would be treated with respect because she was going to be married.
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