Dear Brother,
I have indeed read the first chapter of Virgina Wolf's A Room of One's Own, and I will be able to give you some advice. In the beginning of the chapter she says that each woman needs a room to write fiction in, and it is a mystery! She is saying that woman need some time to themselves and need a little space from people sometimes. In this chapter it talks about how females and male writers are not treated equally and taken as serious. The chapter relates a lot to sexism, she states as she was saying that women should have a room to write fiction in that you also have to be able to afford the room as well. This is a disadvantage to women, because it is harder for them to have the ability to pay for it. When it comes to males, they have more of an advantage. She is using this example to relate to it as a whole, women are not as fortunate as men and they do not have as many advantages as them. This chapter was astonishing to me, because it sets a perspective on reality. Since I am a female, this chapter was very important to me. It helps me understand the different moralities and standards that men and woman have to live by. I hope that my summary and thoughts of the chapter will help you understand the logic behind the chapter and will help you with your paper.
Sincerely,
Renee
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The chapter does begin with a discussion of women and fiction. It goes on to show how Woolf arrived at her conclusion that a woman must have money and a room of her own to write. The comparison between Oxbridge (the men's university) and Fernham (the women's college) and the meal the narrator eats on each campus demonstrates that women do not have the same access to education, tradition, and money that men do. There's also a discussion of pre- and post-war sentiment illustrated by some of Tennyson's poetry.
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