Hey, I need help with my writing Blog:
I’m supposed to write Blog about “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman what I need is to follow the same structure as the sample I Provided and follow all the requirements I gave please and thank you.
The requirements:
When writing about literature, your goal as an academic writer is to develop an argument based on your analysis and interpretation of an aspect of the literary text you are reading. DO NOT restate or summarize what you read. As Edgar V. Roberts explains in his book, Writing About Literature:
As you approach the task of writing, you should constantly realize that your goal should always be to explain the work you are analyzing. You should never be satisfied simply to restate the events in the work. Too often students fall easily into a pattern of retelling a story or play or summarizing the details of a poem. But nothing could be further from what is expected from good writing. (17)
This assignment requires you to write interpretive response to a short story or part of a novel. Although you are not required to write formal essay, your writing blog should be centered around an argument based on your analysis and interpretation of the text you read. Here are some steps you can follow when reading and preparing to write the assignment:
Read actively and annotate. Pay attention to the story events and characters’ personalities, interactions, and choices.
Identify a conflict/issue (this might be related to how a particular event affects the characters in the story, a choice/decision a character makes, a discovery made by a character/characters about themselves or events in the story)
Claim in response to the conflict you identified
Follow rules when incorporating textual evidence. Keep in mind the following rules as well:
Do not restate or summarize. Although you will discuss the story, your writing blog should reflect your analysis and interpretation of the text.
Do not write bout life in general. Stay with your analysis of the text.
Quoted material is not included in the word count.
There is no need for works cited entry. This is an informal assignment.
See the sample below:
Chandra’s Last Act of Defiance in Rabindranath Tagore’s “Punishment”
In Rabindranath Tagore’s short story, “Punishment,” Chandara reflects on the struggles of women living in poverty, within a strict caste system, in a patriarchal society. Chandara’s position in her family and society deprives her of agency and subjects her to a position of subalternity with others speaking for her and making decisions that affect her life, her well-being, and her freedom. Within this paradigm, Chandara is an easy target even though she had demonstrated an indomitable spirit that went against the social expectations of how women should act and behave: “Everything amused and intrigued her; she loved to gossip; her bright, restless, deep black eyes missed nothing as she walked to the ghat, a pitcher on her hip, parting her veil slightly with her finger” (644). Two events in the story serve to teach Chandra a lesson about trespassing the rules of patriarchy. One of them is a fight she has with her husband, during which he threatens to break her bones, physically assaults her, and locks her in a room. The other is the murder of her sister-in-law, Radha, which she witnesses and is blamed for. Radha’s death was the consequence of an act of domestic violence and rage meant as retaliation for confronting her husband, Dukhiram. Chandara’s life, like the lives of other women like her, does not belong to her. Thus Chidam, her husband, can blame her for a crime she did not commit, minimizing the significance of her life about his brother’s: “if I lose my wife I can get another, but if my brother is hanged how can I replace him?” (643). To avoid facing the immorality of his choice, Chidam objectifies and dehumanizes his wife regarding her as something that can be easily replaced. His privileged position in a patriarchal society, despite his low social status, assures him that his version of events will be believed. It also allows him to ignore the rights of another human being, brushing aside any sense of love, piety, and compassion. Nevertheless, Chidam’s betrayal provokes Chandara’s disillusionment and disappointment. In a last act of personal agency, Chandara takes the blame for the crime, discounting her husband’s and his brother’s confessions and their power to decide her fate. She also chooses death over a lifetime of subservience to a man who betrayed her. In a way, Chandara’s last act of liberation can be seen as the ultimate “punishment” in the story.
