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[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@wmst287 I think she does, as most of the women involved in the story (J's mom, M), when they fell in love, were blinded from their partner's faults. Their love for another indiv led them down a negative path in life, rather than the perceived positive one love is supposed to give

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@wmst287 It expresses how women are expected to be married and live unfulfilling lives, set as someone who is essentially a housekeeper and a caretaker of her husband's needs over her own fulfillment. She is expected to live an idle life with no return of affection.

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@wmst287 In one section it referred to children as a "reward for her sacrificing her feelings". Family members and children are viewed as supports for women's happiness and fulfillment, and these qualities are found to be deficient in marriage. 1/2

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@Callie39146669 @wmst287 I think it relates to both the character's past and ongoing story. Both women have experienced a realistic version of horror, as they were forced to endure dreadful experiences throughout their lives. As Kayla said, these experiences come from having less status as a female

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@Callie39146669 @wmst287 Both M and J were taken advantage by men based on the social institutions put into place. (Maria put into the mental facility w/ no illness by husband, J neglected by father & fam, put into neg. situation, raped and blamed for it by master's wife (M no blame), left to deal on own

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@wmst287 YES exactly like that. It'll look amazing

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@wmst287 Maybe when it gets closer to the holidays you can decorate it?

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@wmst287 It's going well. I'm excited for the end of the semester, and yesterday I finished knitting a scarf, so that was fun. You should 10/10 take the sign.

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@jadeelit27 @wmst287 So do you think this is the final time A has to find/build a new family (since she's been betrayed twice before)?

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@Elit287 @wmst287 Do you think the tension will lead to a break within the family, as A has had bad family experiences before?

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@jadeelit27 @wmst287 Do you think she has more of a balanced outlook (taking the good with the bad)?

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@meaghan7891 @wmst287 Do you think because A is becoming more intertwined with the family, there may be more pressure on her to marry T?

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@wmst287 Does A fall into this pattern of seeing the world as wholly negative? Or does she fall in line with L's philosophy/outlook?

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@wmst287 On pgs 269-270 La Luc uses color and blackness to argue that life has more details, morals, and intricacies to it than just the negative aspects. He uses this to illustrate how focusing on the negatives can lead to discontentment with the world. 1/2

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@wmst287 I'm doing well. I just learned how to knit, so that's been fun. How are you doing?

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@wmst287 I think this also shows how A viewed the positives in her life-- as temporary. The relief from getting away from her father and finding a new family was quickly overturned as she was made to go into hiding, creeped on by M, and kidnapped.

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@wmst287 In the beginning of the chapter, I think the poems set the mood for the chapter. In Chapter IX, the poem may illustrate prevailing sadness and how the relief from it is temporary. This relates to MS's letters, where he was trapped w/ desperation, sleep his only relief

[Sara @BrightGreen359]

@wmst287 Marquis reminded me of a more severe Sir C. He was creepy and forceful, but unlike Sir C he took more drastic measures (had A kidnapped, tried to force her to marry him)