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Harriette Arnow’s excerpt on wartime migration discusses the confusion many women felt moving during WWII. It is clear from this article that wartime for women definitely wasn’t all opportunity and smiles, women also struggled to adapt and lived lives they probably never expected to. – Cat Debelius | Harriette Arnow’s excerpt on wartime migration discusses the confusion many women felt moving during WWII. It is clear from this article that wartime for women definitely wasn’t all opportunity and smiles, women also struggled to adapt and lived lives they probably never expected to. – Cat Debelius | ||
| − | This is one of those pieces that exhibits the silent burden of the woman. Gertie will not realize her dream of owning a farm because her dream is shadowed by Clovis's amibition to live in the big city and earn a higher wage. The ability to remain in Kentucky is probably not an option; she is burdened with the inability to sufficiently support her family, and she carries the guilt of a mother. "In was in truth like her mother said: the children had a right to live with their father." She is in charge of putting a meal together that is supposed to please her husband, she waits on the family, and worries about money. Her husband's attitude seems irresponsible and insensitive to the situation he has placed his family. They can't afford meat on the table, but he owns a car. He puts his head down on the pillow and falls asleep while Gertie remains awake. Gertie is trapped in a world that is dictated to her.--LisaM | + | '''This is one of those pieces that exhibits the silent burden of the woman.''' Gertie will not realize her dream of owning a farm because her dream is shadowed by Clovis's amibition to live in the big city and earn a higher wage. The ability to remain in Kentucky is probably not an option; she is burdened with the inability to sufficiently support her family, and she carries the guilt of a mother. "In was in truth like her mother said: the children had a right to live with their father." She is in charge of putting a meal together that is supposed to please her husband, she waits on the family, and worries about money. Her husband's attitude seems irresponsible and insensitive to the situation he has placed his family. They can't afford meat on the table, but he owns a car. He puts his head down on the pillow and falls asleep while Gertie remains awake. Gertie is trapped in a world that is dictated to her.--LisaM |
| − | I agree with Lisa, this is one of the sad realities of many of the women that we have studied. I think we have to ask ourselves how far we have really come in this regard. Are there still women who give up their dreams in order to live for the dreams and ambitions of their husbands or other men in their lives? I think that if we investigated, we would find that there are many women like Gertie still out there today. --Angela Scott | + | I agree with Lisa, this is one of the sad realities of many of the women that we have studied. '''I think we have to ask ourselves how far we have really come in this regard. Are there still women who give up their dreams in order to live for the dreams and ambitions of their husbands or other men in their lives?''' I think that if we investigated, we would find that there are many women like Gertie still out there today. --Angela Scott |
== Monica Sone, “Japanese Relocation” – == | == Monica Sone, “Japanese Relocation” – == | ||
