https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m en-us 2022-03-25 02:39:43 UTC 2022-03-26 04:31:09 UTC hello@padlet.com w15985531 https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2113084050 Jean Rhys was born in the Caribbean island of Dominica. She was known as a british novelist and moved to London at the age of 16. She is most known for her novel Wide Sargasso Sea. Her birth name was known as Ellla Gwendolen Rees William. She was born on August 24, 1890. She won many awards such as the WH Smith Literary Award in 1967. She was also the winner of Cheltenham Booker Prize 2006 for the year of 1966.]]> 2022-03-25 03:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2113084050 w15985531 https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2113221057 Wide Sargasso Sea demonstrates the significance of cultural differences. Jean Rhys illustrates what the main characters, Antoinette and her husband, had to endure during those difficult times. Rhys demonstrates the emotions/feelings from both characters and how they felt like they did not fit in with their own society. This novel portrays the cruelties which were brought upon the Western people and their "accumulated wealth."]]> 2022-03-25 05:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2113221057 w15985531 https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2113225749 Good Morning, Midnight explores the hardships of moving on from traumatic events. Jean Rhys demonstrates the how the character, Sasha, struggles with her identity. This novel also explores the importance of gender expression. Rhys was known for her and even sometimes criticized because she spoke upon topics, such as the ones demonstrated in this novel. ]]> 2022-03-25 05:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2113225749 w15985531 https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2113236849 Jean Rhys was an incredible literature writer. The photo above is known to be the last photograph ever taken of Jean Rhys before her death that occured on May 14,1979. Rhys had a musical career that she neglected. It was more of her side hustle. She wrote songs that pertained to jazz music. This shows the importance of her character/personality and who she was as a writer. ]]> 2022-03-25 05:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2113236849 w15985531 https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2113244031 Quartet takes place in the city of love, Paris. This was one of Rhys' first published books she had written. This book was written in a bohemian style and talks about the struggles of a young woman named Marja. She had no stability whatsoever, and eventually married a Polish art dealer named, Stephen Zelli. This novel relates to the similar struggles Rhys endured in her life. ]]> 2022-03-25 05:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2113244031 w15985531 https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2114566901 Some of the major themes in Jean Rhys novels included love, marriage, insanity, race, sexism, happiness, and gender. This image demonstrates all of her themes in one picture. Rhys had her own personal experiences with racial discrimination. People in her school because she had a slight accent. ]]> 2022-03-26 04:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2114566901 w15985531 https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2114570313 This article I used for my literature review paper was extremely useful because it gave me a quick overview of Jean Rhys and who she was. It provided her biography which was useful when I began to write the introduction piece.]]> 2022-03-26 04:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2114570313 w15985531 https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2114571924 This article was found in our school library's database. This article introduces the major themes of one of Jean Rhys' major works. It talks about gender expression and identity. This article helped to write one of my body paragraphs. ]]> 2022-03-26 04:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2114571924 w15985531 https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2114573104 This article was also found through our school's library database. It gives an overview of another one of Jean Rhys' major works, Wide Sargasso Sea. It talks about the importance of gender expression and self-identity in a culture. ]]> 2022-03-26 04:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/w15985531/8ahos7vwkmxi4u6m/wish/2114573104