Discussion question 1 (Maria by Mary Wollstonecraft)
Jemima is a very prominent character in the middle of the
book. She takes center stage as Maria
and Darnford listen to her retell her life’s hardships. I thought the memoir was lengthy as I was
expecting to hear of Maria and Darnford’s relationship when in fact the story
did not focus on their interactions but of friendship and hardship of all of
them. Jemima told of poverty, uncaring
parents, run away, abuse and heartbreak which paralleled Marias story. It was like a bond between two like women as
they related through the darkest times.
A person can merely sympathize with someone who has been raped but a woman
who has been abused looses part of herself.
Her inner being is changed and to be able to hear about another person
who has experienced that deep pain as well brings forth a spiritual
connection. It is like Maria had liked
Jemima but after her story she knew that their friendship moved to another
level. This relationship was similar to
the one Maria had with Darnford. She had
a curiosity about him and even liked their brief conversations but it wasn’t
until he told her of his darkened past that she truly felt the love enter her
soul. The story is about a friendship
between Jemima, Maria and Darnford.
Jemima is definitely a character that enhances the story with parallel
life similar to that of Maria.
Discussion question 2
Once again I see women being in love with being in
love. I have even noticed that students
say they are bi-sexual in order to open up the field of possible lovers. Many girls get knocked down by men that hurt
them, yet they stand back up and say “I know the next one will different” or
“men don’t treat me right so then women must be the answer”. I think they look for the love they see in movies
with all the romance, sex, and adventure whereas real love it holding hands,
reading together, and growing old with your partner. One of my friends was constantly being
physically and mentally abused by her boyfriend. She would get the courage to break up with
him only to find another boyfriend that treated her worse. She would ask me why I didn’t ever have a man
beat up on me and I just said “because I don’t allow that type of person to
come into my life”. I would tell her
that I am not afraid to be alone. I am
secure in who I am as a person and the morals in my life have to match the one
I am going to be with. With all this
said, I think Maria is the type of character I have listed above as some of the
teenagers with the same “desperate” love.
Like my friend, they look for love even if it is an abuse love. Darnford is a player and Maria was just a
passing play toy for him. Maria idolized
him as she wanted so much for “this man” to be the one. In the end, he was similar to her husband
that jailed her in the first place but only more spiteful in that he showed her
love and left her with despair.
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