Mr. Bailey hits a stranger with his car and takes him home to recover. The stranger has lost his memory and seems unfamiliar with everyday tasks. He is fascinated by nature and works hard on the farm without tiring. After six weeks, the stranger remembers who he is and tearfully says goodbye to the family, promising to return next fall.
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Gender bias/difference noted in select literature:
Hints about writing an intro. for a discussion of short stories in terms of gender bias:
1. Tell the readers that short fiction is a genre that conveys emotion through conflict.
2. The story will be told uniquely by each author.
3. It concerns itself with personal feelings about a subject.
4. When looked at individually, a “gender bias” can be seen.
5. Different sexes will relate material and relate to material in a different fashion.
6. Provide a thesis for this assignment that deals with our two poems, its two authors, and its different treatment of subject matter that reflect a difference in gender and the handling of emotion.
NOTES ON “CAT IN THE RAIN”—Written by Ernest Hemingway, a male.
1. Told from a third-person point of view—like a camera lens.
2. Description is sparse—bleak, simple—periodic sentences. (Subject – verb)
3. A war monument is depicted in the midst of a garden.
4. Husband and wife are cold, sterile. She is “the American wife”
5. She is receiving little attention from husband—he is preoccupied with reading/alone.
6. She is interested in a cat out in the rain and will go and look for it.
7. He will go—but rather reluctantly.
8. She is fascinated by the hotel-keeper: his description is cold, serious, mature, odd—she likes his demeanor about facing his work. She likes his “big hands.”
9. When she returns—she begins to act more feminine—but husband doesn’t care.
10. She vents about what she wants—a cat, longer hair, romantic dining, and fine things.
11. The husband wants her to be quiet and read with him. The cat is brought to the room at the request of the hotel-keeper.
NOTES ON “SWEAT”—Written by Zora Neale Hurston, a female.
1. Delia works hard cleaning laundry for the “white folks.”
2. Her husband, Sykes, plays a nasty trick on her by putting what she thinks is a snake in her laundry basket of clothes.
3. He thinks it’s funny—she is deathly afraid of snakes.
4. After calming down, she notices that the item that scared her is the bullwhip used to drive his team of mules home.
5. We then learn that he detests her cleaning clothes for “white folks,” but she reminds him that this is how his belly has been filled all these 15 years.
6. We also learn that there is another girl, younger and prettier that has come into the relationship. We also learn that he has run off on her before and even beaten her.
7. But Delia has become strong—perhaps through the help of Church.
8. We learn from the men-folk that Sykes is no good, tearing women down and moving on. Now he’s working on a new gal—Bertha—who has been in town 3 months, and he has been paying her room charge.
9. He finally moved a huge rattlesnake in a box into the house. Delia asks him to remove it, but he refuses. She confesses her hatred for him and confesses that she has had enough of his physical and mental abuse.
10. One night when Delia stays longer at church to witness a “Love Feast” service—Sykes lets the snake loo ...
2. It was the time that summer was leavening
and fall was coming .the famer or Bailey like
when it happens ,he whistled as he drove a
very cold wind flew across his face . Then it
happen a thump
He thought he hit a deer and found out it
was human .
3. Mr. Bailey toke the stranger home. He help
him inside, his wife made him comfortable on
a sofa .their daughter, Katy took a look in
room. She saw the stranger dress in leather
,also heard that he might be a lonely person
who lives in woods.
4. They called doctor to check the stranger .the
doctor told that he lost his memory there's a
bump on his head. Mrs. Bailey stop the doctor
that she forgot her thermometer .she said
that it was broken because the mercury is
stuck at bottom.
5. The famer let the stranger borrowed some
clothes. He was confused by the buttonholes
and buttons, after he put on the clothes . He
joined the baileys for dinner. He was
interested that the steam the hot soup went
up.
6. The next morning, Katy saw the stranger out
the house. he walk across the yard ,toward
two bunnies. They didn’t run into the woods,
they hopped toward him. He picked a bunny
petted a by the ears. And they hop way.
7. A week pass. famer bailey and the stranger
did farm work with a pitchfork . normal he
would have to take a rest. The stranger neve
got tired. Mr. bailey was surprise that he
smiled and work on and slow he grinned.
8. In the evening ,Katy sat with the stranger and
watch the gases in a v shape ,.the stranger
couldn't take off his eyes the flock of geese,
like he was hypnotized.
9. Six weeks later, The stranger has tears in his
eyes. They understood that he remember
who he is walk out .the family ran but he
disappeared and said ‘’see you next fall’’
10. Six weeks later, The stranger has tears in his
eyes. They understood that he remember
who he is walk out .the family ran but he
disappeared and said ‘’see you next fall’’
