ENG215H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sandra Birdsell, Traci Thirteen, Mavis Gallant
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Jeannie"s culture and society sends her: pg 130 introduction she did her nails after she got raped, but she just wants to look pretty. Jean hawlow dies but jeannie also does because she dies inside bc of the rape: shorts and husband"s shirt, mt is trying to console jeannie but she"s not that good. She"s not trying to be malicious and grossly insensitive, but she cannot relate at all because she never. She kind of relates jeannie"s sexual assault and jean harlow"s death: the men wouldn"t give me a seat, they were unemployed in those days. If they"re unemployed, it affects their social manners: big heavy parcel that she carries canned stuff and preservatives. Implied connection of employment and their masculine roles: mt had her own burden to carry, literally the stuff, canned stuff and preservatives experienced much tragic events in her life, social manner, social protocol.
