After just finishing the book, "A Room Of One's Own", I am in a complete confused state. Usually when you dive into a book, you are easily introduced to the narrator. Sometimes its though a short story and just a direct introduction. Most of the time in this book, I have no idea what is going on and who is the narrator. In the beginning of the book we are introduced to many differnet identities of the narrator, "Call me Mary Beton, Mary Seton or Mary Carmichael."(5) So then when I am reading this I figure, does this narrator having multiple personalities while she writeeds? I start to make excuses up for the narrator, maybe she likes different last names or can't decide? We only started to read a couple pages so maybe I thought one was her family name and the other two were because she remarried? Or maybe she needed to change her identity to because of a crime or some famous thing she did? These were just random thoughts going through my mind.I was okay with it at this point but then it started to get more confusing.....
In chapter two we are introduced to the narrators aunt named, Mary Beton. WHOA! Isn't that one of her names? She then explains that her aunt passed away by falling off a horse in Bombay. Later on in the book on page 80 we are introduced to Mary Carmichael a writer. She critiques Mary like she doesn't even know her. But then she wants us to call her that? This whole Mary situation confuses me, is the narrator trying to keep us on our toes? I sat here for a while typing sentences and erasing it, I felt like Annie Dillard, I kept feeling unsatisfied with everything I was saying. But then it came to me.
The Narrator is describing how she can write about women and fiction, and the truth is women in any era have differnetly personalities. For example my mother: She is a mom, a wife, a personal trainer and a friend. As a writer back in the day women had differnet personalities, but her writer personality had to be hidden from their husbands and sons. The narrator known as "Mary" has differnet identities to show that women in history needed many personalities to survive and still do today....
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
I really never thought about the narrator as you describe her. The three Marys did not seem to bother me.
I find it fascinating that you realized that maybe the narrator has different personalities and that maybe all writers have different personalities. Then, I liked how you tied your idea to your own life; it gave your idea a personal note. I enjoyed reading your entry also because of your personal exclamations and comments.
Post a Comment