Danielle Hall
Dr. Bailey/ENG 233G
Final Exam
December 12, 2017
Part 1
1) This passage is from the novel In the Heart of The Country by Coetzee. Throughout the entire novel the main character is imagining that she has killed her father because of the many things he has put her through, things that a father should not put his daughter through. The main character talks about things that her father and her have done and those things are things that only people who are romantically involved should be doing. I also think that the main character is treated like a wife instead of a daughter, she is having to keep the house and make sure the house stays in order, she is also having to care of her father like a wife should like clean is feet and take care of his laundry. There was a scene in the novel of her father forcing her to have sex with him, which is not something a father should do to his daughter no matter the condition. I believe that all of these events play a role into when the author says, “I have been …show more content…
The main characters father is an angry man who ends up taking his anger out on her. The father also sends mixed signals to the daughter about what she is, she is confused whether she is his wife, maid, or daughter. Even though she shouldn’t be confused on what she is to her father. The way the father treats his daughter is not how a father should really treat his daughter, he treats her more like a wife that is expected to keep up the house cater to his every need and want.
9) This passage is from the novel Kiss of the Spider Woman by Puig. This novel is about two males, one heterosexual and the other homosexual, who are put into a jail cell together and they end up getting to know each other and they share stories about themselves and also fantasies. Throughout the novel other movies and books are referenced like Nazi propaganda which the main characters talk about their opinions about the art
Dr. Bailey/ENG 233G
Final Exam
December 12, 2017
Part 1
1) This passage is from the novel In the Heart of The Country by Coetzee. Throughout the entire novel the main character is imagining that she has killed her father because of the many things he has put her through, things that a father should not put his daughter through. The main character talks about things that her father and her have done and those things are things that only people who are romantically involved should be doing. I also think that the main character is treated like a wife instead of a daughter, she is having to keep the house and make sure the house stays in order, she is also having to care of her father like a wife should like clean is feet and take care of his laundry. There was a scene in the novel of her father forcing her to have sex with him, which is not something a father should do to his daughter no matter the condition. I believe that all of these events play a role into when the author says, “I have been …show more content…
The main characters father is an angry man who ends up taking his anger out on her. The father also sends mixed signals to the daughter about what she is, she is confused whether she is his wife, maid, or daughter. Even though she shouldn’t be confused on what she is to her father. The way the father treats his daughter is not how a father should really treat his daughter, he treats her more like a wife that is expected to keep up the house cater to his every need and want.
9) This passage is from the novel Kiss of the Spider Woman by Puig. This novel is about two males, one heterosexual and the other homosexual, who are put into a jail cell together and they end up getting to know each other and they share stories about themselves and also fantasies. Throughout the novel other movies and books are referenced like Nazi propaganda which the main characters talk about their opinions about the art