HW 21 This One's for you Timmy

Dear Timmy, I am glad to hear that you are reading A Room of One’s Own. I say this because I am also having trouble understanding what Virginia is talking about in the first chapter. I discussed it with a friend and I can help you understand as well. First off, you need to learn when the narrator is using symbolism to describe her feelings. Her “fishing” saga is simply her stating that she trying to think of an idea. She almost has an idea when a security guard interrupts her. She has a unique style of writing and you will soon be able to pick up on it. The narrator then goes to the library to read an essay about Oxbridge. She is turned away at the library because she is not accompanied by a member of the college. She stays out side and thinks about the university and the lunch they serve. After seeing a cat with no tale she begins to compare the lunch in war times to lunch now. She also compares the poetry difference before the war and now. The narrator missed the street to the girl’s college and she continues thinking except now about the lunch at the girl’s college. She ends up back at the room of her friend Mary Seton were they discuss the founding of the college. She wonders why woman have always been so poor. Mary then reminds her of the fact that women had no rights and were considered property in those days. The narrator ends the chapter thinking about the effects that the poverty has had on all woman, and how it would be different if they were not so poor. I hope this quick summarization will help you out Tim. Stay in touch bud.