Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Three Dreams in a Desert - Amanda Fulco
In the short story "Three Dreams in a Desert," the narrator encounters three dreams. The first dream seems to be a representation of how society brings the woman down and restricts her. When the narrator asks, "Why does she lie here motionless with the sand piled around her?" (309), The sand that is piled around her represents the barriers that society has created for the woman. It is difficult for the woman to rise above these barriers when they are weighing her down. The narrator discovers that is it difficult for the new woman to rise about society because there are so many obstacles in her way. He tells her that the "wind has blown over her" (309) and this signifies how the woman has been hindered by the "rules in society." The woman is expected to rely on her husband and be motherly without having any ownership over anything. The wind represents the man who has overpowered the woman and weakened her. As the woman tries to rise above the restrictions in society, she realizes that in order to overcome the barriers she needs to get up on her own feet herself, without any help.
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I really thought that there was a lot to think about in this dream, especially in relation to the woman rising on her own. Like you said, the woman struggles to get up on her own and cannot receive help. All that could help her rise is time and regaining her own strength. It's like a reoccurring cycle. The woman is down on her knees because she doesn't have any strength to get up and stand up for herself, but she can't gain any ground because she is on her knees.
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