https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p en-us 2021-04-22 15:21:34 UTC 2021-04-26 14:56:00 UTC hello@padlet.com pradeepan8232 https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1447898366 Each woman in the story expresses their femininity in a personally unique manner. Throughout the story, the women's various forms of femininity clash and highlight each character's personality.]]> 2021-04-22 15:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1447898366 pradeepan8232 https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1447952059 Dee - general identity to Enrique, relationships to Meera
Maggie - general identity to Jeremy, relationships to Emily
Mom - general identity to Sam, relationships to Hriday

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- hAvE fUn !!!!!!!11!11!]]> 2021-04-22 15:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1447952059 https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1447955711 -Sam
-Hriday 

Mama is the mother of Dee and Maggie. She rejected the traditional  gender roles when she had to work for her daughters. She describes herself as “ a large, big boned woman with rough, man-working hands” (Walker 5).  Showing an insight into her low self-esteem. Mama lives with Maggie in their small home while Dee appeared to move out a long time ago. When Dee returns to visit, she beings to detest Dee new character. Throughout the story mama is critically honest with  her opinions of her daughters, especially Dee. Who express rude and disrespectful attitude toward not only her but her sister, Maggie.]]> 2021-04-22 15:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1447955711 https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1447976596 -Jeremy

“‘How do I look, Mama?’” Maggie says, showing just enough of her thin body enveloped in pink skirt and red blouse for me to know she’s there, almost hidden by the door” (Walker 316).

Maggie is generally a shy person and her shyness is why she is so apprehensive to show off her body like most women do. She is also timid because she has scars on her body which she feels the need to hide by covering most of her body with clothing and hiding behind a door. Wearing a skirt is representative of Maggie’s want to be more feminine, but she has a hard time showing that because of her shy personality and insecurities as a woman.

]]> 2021-04-22 15:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1447976596 pradeepan8232 https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1447984521 "Dee is lighter than Maggie, with nicer hair and a fuller figure. She's a woman now, though sometimes I forget"(Walker 316). 

Dee and her stereotypically abiding femininity sets her distinctively higher than her family. Considering that this comparison of Dee acts as the audience's introduction to Dee, Walker emphasizes the reduction of Dee to her looks and, more importantly, how they compare to Maggie's. Thus, Mama characterizes the relationship between Maggie and Dee's personal femininity as constant comparison, one where Dee reigns supreme. Furthermore, Mama forgetting that Dee is a woman implies that Mama simply cannot understand Dee's way of being a woman and, when contextualized with Dee's higher education, forms a clear image of Mama being too much of a simpleton to connect with Dee and her femininity. Feminist theory would argue that the comparison and hierarchy of different forms of personal femininity degrades femininity and women as a whole, placing pressure upon women to perform according to patriarchal expectations. ]]> 2021-04-22 15:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1447984521 https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1457497634 -Enrique 
“A dress down to the ground, in this hot weather. A dress so loud it hurts my eyes. There are yellows and oranges enough to throw back the light of the sun”. “Earrings gold, too, and hanging down to her shoulders. Bracelets dangling and making noises when she moves her arm up to shake the folds of the dress out of her armpits” (Walker 317).

Dee’s independent character can be shows throughout the story, she has goals in life and she values the little things in life like spending time with her family. With this piece of evidence, the typical behavior of a women in the 1970’s (when this story was first published) can be portrayed. She cares about her appearance and wants to present. She also is not like every women because as I previously said, she had goals where as women stayed as house wives.]]> 2021-04-26 01:58:59 UTC https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1457497634 meyer1313 https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1457517314 -Emily 

“Maggie will be nervous until after her sister goes: she will stand hopelessly in corners homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one hand, and that “no” is a word the world never learned to say to her” (Walker 315). 

Walker portrays Maggie as shy, timid, and ashamed of her life and what’s happened to her family. Maggie envy’s Dee’s life as Dee’s life doesn’t even compare to hers. Maggie believes that she has sacrificed a lot for her sister to be happy and her sister has been handed everything. Maggie feels intimidated by her sister and Dee believes she has power to look down on her. Due to Maggie’s resentment towards her sister it causes tension and strain on her and Dee’s relationship. ]]> 2021-04-26 02:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1457517314 https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1459699323 2021-04-26 14:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1459699323 https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1459748673 2021-04-26 14:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/pradeepan8232/vx7poh8p27t6773p/wish/1459748673