In Yuknavitch’s “Woven”, she tells stories from her personal life and ones from her Lithuanian heritage, and shows the reader how they both tie into who she is: someone woven together by all of these stories. The author reminds us time and time again of the different Laume spirits; there are many forms Laumes can take such as water, animals, and trees, but all are seen as “benevolent and dangerous”. (Yuknavitch page 4) By acknowledging that these spirits can be both giving, yet sometimes threatening embodies a woman in a way that can be seen as agreeable. Just as the Laumes “protect woman and children or punish them brutally” says a lot. (Yuknavitch page 4) This somewhat intersects with the feminist movement, by showing that we can advocate
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The quotes that relate to Laumes do a wonderful job of portraying how they are seen or perceived in the Lithuanian culture. By recognizing that they are giving yet threatening, shows that there are many sides to all people from all different culture. Just as Adichie said in her TED talking, there is danger in a single story. Yuknavitch shows throughout the piece that every person has many different sides to every different situation they endure or go through. The author frames the molestation she sustained through the use of effective quotes. On page five of the piece for me she states, “They say you marry a man who is like your father. My father, the artist-turned-architect, molested and abused us.” Which gives the audience a better insight to the fact that the men she would encounter would be similar to her father; a molester who had so much potential. Yuknavitch spoke very highly of all three of her husbands, telling of the good qualities each of them possessed, and yet every one of them failed. Concrete objects described in these scenes or moments is the gun her second husband pulls on her on page three which seem to convey the message of a dying relationship and show how a person can become so lost and unsure in a situation that wasn’t meant to fail. She then goes on to question why they failed, and constantly asked herself if she was the reason for them all failing. The implications for the reason they failed seemed to be that the love was not fully there from both sides. Failing makes us all human, and Lidia Yuknavitch was able to realize that and apply to this
The quotes that relate to Laumes do a wonderful job of portraying how they are seen or perceived in the Lithuanian culture. By recognizing that they are giving yet threatening, shows that there are many sides to all people from all different culture. Just as Adichie said in her TED talking, there is danger in a single story. Yuknavitch shows throughout the piece that every person has many different sides to every different situation they endure or go through. The author frames the molestation she sustained through the use of effective quotes. On page five of the piece for me she states, “They say you marry a man who is like your father. My father, the artist-turned-architect, molested and abused us.” Which gives the audience a better insight to the fact that the men she would encounter would be similar to her father; a molester who had so much potential. Yuknavitch spoke very highly of all three of her husbands, telling of the good qualities each of them possessed, and yet every one of them failed. Concrete objects described in these scenes or moments is the gun her second husband pulls on her on page three which seem to convey the message of a dying relationship and show how a person can become so lost and unsure in a situation that wasn’t meant to fail. She then goes on to question why they failed, and constantly asked herself if she was the reason for them all failing. The implications for the reason they failed seemed to be that the love was not fully there from both sides. Failing makes us all human, and Lidia Yuknavitch was able to realize that and apply to this