Norman Mailer's View of Women Writers

He thinks that all women writers are not good and women writers are just "whores". Mailer believes that no women writer's work is good, or up to the standards of any male writing. I do not agree with his ideas. I think he is being sexist and an ignorant prick. I think that just because a women wrote it doesn't mean it isn't good. Some writing material from men make no sense, and some from women make no sense. But in the end it's all equal, there are some good women writers, some bad and some good men writers and some bad ones.

The Yellow Wallpaper

At the end of the story the narrator was in a crazy asylum. She was portrayed as mental.

Women writers

We have only read two women writers so far: Barbara Kingsolver for The Bean Trees and now Edith Wharton with Ethan Frome. Are women writers any different from men? Do they choose different topics? Do they have different writing styles? Do you prefer to read stories by men or women? Does it matter if a book is by a man or a woman?

Edith Wharton

Skim the information about Edith Wharton. Write down five interesting facts about her life.

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Seattle 1999

What is the WTO? In the movie This is What Democracy Looks Like, what are they protesting about the WTO?

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Listen to part of the show Entitled Opinion about Thoreau. Answer these questions:

1. What is the host's view of Thoreau?

2. What is Kathryn Todd's view of Thoreau?

3. What are the advantages of living your life like Thoreau?

You can say what you feel, and express yourself, instead of holding back.

4. What are the disadvantages?

You can get in serious trouble with the law, for expressing yourself.

Civil Disobidence

What actions by the government are you against? What is the best way to change these actions? Can you use any of the ideas of Martin Luther King Jr. or Henry David Thoreau?


There are a few things that I'm against that the government does, that is the whole same sex marriage. I think that if you love somebody it shouldn't matter, they should all have the same rights for marriage. The best way to change this action is to just let it allowed in some states.