Feminist Lens

For many years women were told that they are not capable of doing what men do. Women were born to stay home, cook food, take care of the kids, clean the house, and keep their men happy. Until this today women are still seen as fragile and delicate in many occasions. For the novel  Beloved  by Toni Morrison, I decided to analyze the Feminist Critical Lens. As a female Latina, men believe they are much more powerful than women. They look upon women and believe we are not as strong as men are. I have been in situations where Latino men have made me feel weak and incapable of doing anything. Even though I was not raised with both of my parents, my uncle believes that once I get a degree it should be either a secretary or a teacher because that’s  what best fits a female. They do not believe women have the right to get a degree that relates with violence or strength. I believe women are capable of doing anything they set their minds to. Yes it is not fair that society has made 2 categories when it comes to men and women but that should  not let women feel weak, incapable, fragile, useless etc. Instead it should motivate us to feel strong and accomplish what men did not believe we could do.

Interactions and statuses through the Marxist Lens

Through the Marxist lens, readers can analyze and interpret the rank and status of the characters throughout the book. I chose to decipher the novel, Beloved by Toni Morrison,  through this lens because of the various characters and their statuses during the historical time period of slavery. The interactions between the slaves and their masters are intriguing to understand because of the different personalities of both the masters toward their slaves and the slaves toward their masters. The marxist lens not only brings out the social ranking of the whites to the blacks, but also the status’s between each person of a group. Within the masters, there are higher class businessmen who interact with agricultural farm owners but rarely interact with the slaves while the farm owners develop relationships with their slaves. The slaves can also attain different statuses within their relationships with their masters and other slaves. The marxist lens allows the reader to interpret the relationship between people and how their class and status affects their interactions and decisions. I am elated to be able to analyze Beloved through this lens because of the plethora of social class divisions and its immense impact on the plot.

Why I chose the Feminist Lens Weber

Hi everyone. :) Thanks for taking the time to read my blog. I’m new to this so please bare with me.

So, for my class’s AP Lit. Project on the book Beloved by Toni Morrison, I have decided to write my literary blog through a Feminist Lens. I have decided to write through a feminist lens because I find it extremely interesting to look at society and literature and see how the gender roles are portrayed during relationships. Every day people get judged by their gender stereotype and at times there are people who play right in to their stereotype and there are some who completely disprove it. This happens among all cultures, races, relationships and in everyday life. To pick apart the basis of how someone acts and fits into society is to decipher who they are and are able to determine their characteristics and personal qualities. That’s why I find it so intriguing. It helps me understand why a person acts the way they do based off of who they are. So I hope that you have fun seeing what I come up with as I pick apart the characters and relationships in Beloved.

Feminist Lens- Why I chose it

Hello all who chose to read this blog!

The last book that I read was Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I did not realize it, but the entire time I was reading it through a feminist lens. I was thinking about how Jane and Mr. Rochester interact with each other. Reading the book through that lens made me enjoy the book even more. Based off that, I decided that I was going to read Beloved by Toni Morrison  through a Feminist/Gender Lens. I will be looking at how gender impacts the way characters interact with each other and how a character's gender affects them. I think that gender plays a huge role in a book, whether it is a female or male protagonist. I considered looking reading Beloved through a Post-Colonial lens because I enjoyed learning about the colonizing period in the Worlds history. After a lot of thinking and reflecting on how I have read books in the past, I realized that most of the time, I am reading books through a Gender Lens. I look forward I will find a lot of characters and instances in the book that make me passionate, so you all can read about it. I am ecstatic to be able to write down my opinions and thoughts about how gender affects the book and how the character reflects society, whether it is comparing it to modern times or the time that the book is taking place.

Why I Chose Psychoanalytical Lens

I chose the Psychoanalytical Lens because I feel it would be interesting to over analyze each character in the text and try to predict their next motives. This lens also interests me because it can reveal the characters true desires on why they are doing or thinking such thoughts and actions. I have learned about the Psychoanalytical lens through historical events and previous books I’ve read. One book that reveals the characters true desires though their actions is Hamlet. My interest in the lens comes from reading about Hamlet’s inner conflict in the story and how it affects the outcome of the story.

The Psychoanalytical Lens makes me dig underneath the surface of what the author is presenting to you in the story. It makes me question everything that a character says or does during the text.

I was considering the New Historical Lens, but I thought the conflict between characters and their emotions might be a bit more interesting than referencing a time period or events during the time the book was written. I am hoping to fully understand the Psychoanalytical Lens by the time I finish this project. I would like to be able to use this type of lens in my life to better understand other works of literature and others perspectives.

- Chris