Two Cafeterias Analysis

Society has made us think that women are not as strong as men and that they are less knowledgeable than them to. Virgina Woolf, in the article “two cafeterias” uses only a description of a meal served in a university to illuminate how inversely women are treated compared to men. She signifies men thought they were entitled to the extravagant treatment and women have always been cast down. Within this passage, Woolf reveals her animosity about how women are treated differently and her jealousy for the man’s world. In the first passage extensive and luxurious details were used to give the effect of living a privileged life of a man. She used undersized, unpleasant descriptions within the second passage that is used to show the reader the life of a woman. She clearly describes the discriminating contrast between the statuses of men and women. …show more content…
“No need to hurry, no need to be anybody but oneself. We are all going to heaven” explains that men have no care in the world. However, the second passage contains details in which would make the reader wince; “here was the soup, a plain gravy soup… transparent liquid.” The woman’s meal seemed as for an everyday, ordinary meal that there is a hatred that is developed for it in comparison to the men’s meal.

Both passages are structured chronologically, however the pacing is different in each. The first passage is extensive, drawn out, with a lot of imagery. This shows that time is passing gradually, as if life is something to take pleasure in and be appreciated of. On the other hand, in the second passage the short choppy sentences; “Here was my soup, dinner was ready” causes the pacing to race along. This allows no time for pleasure or