Family Furnishings

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxlDC1rJ8toCcE5DVTRLTEQyM2c

Boys and girls

https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive

you should be able to download it

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxlDC1rJ8toCVi1oMFduWTlVV1k

English Class Activity

What is the purpose and benefit of the study of literature? 

Literature helps in so many areas.  After doing the activity in answering this deep question I was provided with so many answers. Firstly literature provides one with a way to escape to another landscape. By studying literature critically one also develops social skills by connecting with the character on an empathetic level. This is because literary characters are representations of life at the particular moment in time and also because they are human just like you and me.  The purpose is not only to over analyze so that you can answer that one question on your exam, no! Its so much more than that, it helps build your vocabulary (especially if you're shakespeare). By learning the skills you do when analyzing literature you are able to apply them to real problems, you face socially and economically.

What is women’s literature and what is the value in studying it? 

"Women's literature is literature written for women by women". As part of this is true I feel women's literature is a form of art. Just like any art form it provides women with a stream to voice their opinions and views freely. Although the modern voice of women today is highly respected, at the time many famous women's literature came out women did not have the voice they had today. The value of studying it is quite similar to history. I feel history helps one reflect on the past in order for them to shape their future. It even works on a greater scale to help avoid the problem that is presented in the past, present, and future. Just like this I feel the value in studying women's literature is to help understand the conflicts women faced in the past in order to avoid them in the future. It also helps gain a perspective of how times have changed. 

Why were the themes and values of Munro’s social realism so significant during the 1950s-1980s? 

Munro was one of the first female author's in that time whose work revolved around the conflicts of women and social realism. She was one of the first author's to tell the realistic truth on the social struggle of women.  This realistic portrayal today helps us understand and realistically shape the society during the late 1900s

Although she does not identify as a feminist writer, how has Munro’s work contributed to gender equality? 

Munro did not identify as a feminist writer but her work did help towards the women's equality movement which ended in women getting the right to vote. Munro's work as stated earlier was a realistic depiction of women's role in society during the late 1900s. Her work expressed the socially issues women faced, and after having multiple stories published in the New Yorker she gained a certain "respect" in the literary society.  So in a sense her rising in that community and her work together contributed to gender equality. Her work was also used by many feminist writers as inspiration in order to continue the movement. 

What do you enjoy most about the content of Munro’s work and what impact has it had on you?

Personally I did enjoy Boys and Girls because I found somewhat of a similarity between that plot and themes to the stories by grandmother's have told me about their lives. Neither one of my grandmother's were given the opportunity to do manual labor or have a job.  This story had an impact on me because I was able to see the realism in her work at this stage. I also enjoyed Runaway because even though it was written at a later time it somewhat relates to the relationship status of our community.