Assignment 2

Daystar

"Other days she stared until she was assured when she closed her eyes she'd see only her own vivid blood"

This stood out to me because I do something somewhat similar to this. At the end of a long day, after answering phone call from people you don't even want to talk to, dealing with customers at work, and also interacting with my boyfriend I definitely need a couple of minutes where I just close my eyes (or eat chocolate/ice cream) when I don't think of anything or anyone but myself and how i'm feeling. I think at the end of the day it's most important to make sure you're making yourself happy. This line is what the whole poem is about, and the calmness and peacefulness about it is felt throughout the whole thing.

A Pair of Silk Stockings

"While waiting to be served she removed her gloves very leisurely and laid them beside her"

For some reason when I read this I felt awkward, like the character felt awkward or something. I felt like she felt out of place and uncomfortable even though she never says this.

"There were quiet ladies and gentlemen, who did not notice her, lunching at the small tables like her own."

I feel like this line sort of reassures my previous thought. As if she was checking to see if anyone was watching. Although it was also sort of endearing to me because she felt so elegant and proper for the first, and probably one of the only, times in her life. However the whole time I only saw it ending in disappointment. Disappointment that the day is over, disappointment when her garments aren't new anymore, and disappointment that the money did not go to her family. Even though it's never said and ends on a somewhat happy note I didn't find it to be a very uplifting story.

Why I Want a Wife

"I want a wife who will not bother me with rambling complaints about a wife's duties. But I want a wife who will listen to me when I feel the need to explain a rather difficult point I have come across in my course of studies."

This line stood out to me because she's pretty much saying she needs someone who isn't emotional, even though women are emotional by nature, but they need to be supportive for when ever she feels like being emotional. It was just a very typical male thought that i've dealt with before. Every time we get upset, guys just blame it on PMS or get mad because it happens to often, however whether they admit it or not guys get emotional too and we are expected to deal with it how they expect us to deal with it, in a way that doesn't annoy them. This is like the rest of the poem in the way that it's full of double standards.