"A Room of One's Own"

I have enjoyed reading Viriginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own". Woolf was a woman who lived in a time where men were regarded as the superior sex and women should be "seen and not heard". Women did not have their own money and their own homes -- they went straight from their father's home to their husband's home. What I like about Woolf is how she went against the grain and she dared to be different from what others said she should be. She also had no problem saying what she thought of how men treated the women of her time. Woolf felt that it was okay for a woman to strike out on her own, but that in order to do so, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction" as she states on page 4. These are things that men have and Woolf feels that a woman must also have these things in order to be able to be successful.

Viriginia Woolf is a beacon of hope to the women of her time. Where society said "You cannot", Woolf argued "We can." She realized the value of a woman and that a woman could contribute greatly to society. She said exactly what she was thinking and challenged the standards of the time.

My Metaphor For Writing

I thought long and hard about what would be my metaphor for writing. It's a lot harder to figure out than one would think. But I would have to say that I finally came to the conclusion that my metaphor for writing is a sunset on a beautiful day. There is no greater beauty than natural beauty and no greater beauty in writing than putting pen to paper and just writing what you feel. You can just sit there and watch the sun set on a beautiful, warm day and feel nothing but absolute contentment. This is the same way with writing. Sitting in a spot that makes you feel content and just writing whatever you want to write can be relaxing and calming. Once the feelings are on paper, they are gone from you. They can make you feel better. And even though the sun eventually sets, you can leave it knowing that it will be back again. In writing, you can always go back to your words and create more.