Monday, April 9, 2012
The Street Part - Parzyck
In last class with the substitute we talked about Lutie being a New Negro Woman or a New Woman and Melissa and I discussed how we saw her being both. We saw her being like a New Negro Woman because she was in search of being independent but still led a domesticated life of being a maid. We talked about how the New Negro Woman was different from the New Woman in the way that they just wanted to be look at as independent but still could lead a life of a housewife type. We also saw her being a New Woman because she left her husband and pursued a new life. She did nto stay with her husband for financial security because he didn't provide any anyways and didn't stay with him just because, she decided she would be fine without a man in her life and left him which showed an essence of the New Woman. I am still indifferent about what she would be considered and see her kind of as both.
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I agree that Lutie possesses qualities of both the New Negro Woman and the New Woman. She is very independent and doesn't want to be bound down to a man. She is exploring a life on her own. However, she is still trapped in this domestic sphere. She hasn't quite yet overcome the idea of making the home. She is putting her son first, an act of selflessness yet is allowing herself to do whats best for her own living arrangement and work an act some would say is selfish.
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