HW 21: My Punk @$$ Cousin

Yo Punk,
After reading the first section of Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own” it is very easy to be confused and not truly understand what she is saying and what is going on. Hopefully this will help you understand it a little better. Woolf is asked about her thoughts about women and fictional writing. Therefore within the first chapter this is the topic she focuses on. She believes that in order for women to write fiction they need to have money and a room of their own. (Woolf 4) While addressing this question Woolf tries to change people’s idea that women are inferior to men. She speaks of how women are continuously interrupted, held back, and unable to continue their thought processes, freedom, and what they want to do. This is where the idea of “A Room of One’s Own” comes into play. Since there is not a specific answer to the question she was asked, Woolf mentions several authors in history and provides background upon them to try and get the idea across that women need more and were less fortunate. For instance, in history women were never the one’s with the money and education. From what I understood from the reading she is trying to make people realize how women are less fortunate than men. Hope I helped you out with any questions and wish I could have helped more.

-Kim