Throughout the course of the short story, "A Jury of Her Peers," women were treated unfairly. When Minnie Foster was young, she was beautiful, could sing, and loved life, now she is trapped in an unfair marriage. It seemed as though the only thing keeping her alive and happy was her beautiful canary. Like keeping Minnie alive, canaries also kept coal miners alive. A while ago canaries were used in coal mines; if the bird died , the miners knew that there were poisonous gases in the air. It seemed as though Mr. Foster was so unhappy with his wife-- a person you should respect, love, and treat fairly-- and her happiness that he strangled the canary, the only thing keeping Minnie happy. He left his wife, Minnie, lonely and wanting company. Since her husband killed her main source of happiness and freedom, she strangled him-- she wanted him to feel how she now did.
When Mr. Hale came to speak to Mr. Foster-- he did not know that he had been killed-- he asked Minnie where he was and she said dead. She answered all of his questions which should be and would be to a normal person, tough and horrible, nonchalantly. It seemed as though she didn't care that he was gone. "'He died of a rope around his neck,' says she; and just went back to pleatin' at her apron." (p. 22) She simply stated the cause of death, acting completely normal. Later when the Hale and Peter families went to investigate the Foster's house, the men left the women to search for their own evidence, as if they didn't think that they were worthy enough of finding important clues. Women's rights and company were important to Minne, and this was her way of getting it.
I thought that this was a really good writing piece. I loved how you made the comparison of the canaries keeping the miners alive and the canary keeping Mrs. Wright alive. Your varitey in vocabulary was also really wide. Maybe next time you could have more opinions and less text evidence. Overall, I thought you did really good!
ReplyDeleteI like how you talked about her marriage being like being trapped in a cage. I like how you used the canaries in the coal mines. It really helped the piece. Also, good job using the word nonchalanty. I can't find anything to improve on this piece. Great writing in this piece. Thanks for being a great friend.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you talked about how the cararies were used to keep miners alive and how you related that to how the canary kept Minnie alive. I did not realize that as I was reading the short story. I also thought it was cool how you said that the men didn't think that the women were worthy enought in finding important clues. You delivered your points very well. Next time maybe you should try to give a little more realation to the text evidence. Overall this is a good response.
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job on your post. The dash dash construction was great. I liked how you talked about the miners and what they used canaries for. Also good text evidence
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you said her marriage was loike being trapped in a cage - that was a cool comparison. I also liked how you really used text evidence, and a lot. It helped me know exactly what you were talking about. Next time, you might consider talking more about the canary.
ReplyDeleteThis was really excellent. I absolutely love the way you incorporated the elements we worked on last year. From semi-colons to dash construction, it was really impressive. On top of that, the text is quite mature. Well done.
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