Sunday, March 25, 2012
Voyage in the Dark
The way that men categorized women, especially Anna, in this book seemed to bother me. The men did not give women the respect that they deserve, this seemed to be very prevalent the entire time I was reading. Whatever age the women was at they still got treated more poorly than a male would. This was very evident in Vincent's letter to Anna when he addressed her as an Infant. Not only did it bother me that he called her this name and that she was treated as an infant, but also the fact that her feelings were never taken into consideration by the men. With Vincent writing the letter for Walter, shows that he does not have much care for her and that his sincerity isn't true. There seemed to be a repeating theme of lack of respect toward women in this novel.
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I also agree that men did not treat women with the respect that they deserved. This stuck out to me when Vincent called Anna his "dear child" on page 87. They seem to talk to the women in a very condescending tone. This is aggravating because it just demonstrates how women weren't really taken serious.
ReplyDeleteI also noticed this lack of integrity towards women. It reminded me of the way Edna was spoken to as little goose. It is very apparent in this book compared to some of our other texts. I wish to discuss this more in class of what this infantalization depicts and how it represents the dichotomy of male/female.
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