Wendy Rose

Prompt 2


Julia was treated terribly by her husband, as he made her feel invisible with his hurtful words to her.  He was supposed to love her, as he was her husband, and with Wendy Rose, her family was supposed to love her, as they were her family.  Instead, they both ended up in households where they were rejected from those that they sought approval from because they wanted to be loved.  In your family, you want to be loved by them, and accepted, because really, if you can't be accepted by your family, it's hard to imagine being accepted by anyone.  The same case was true with Julia, because she really wanted to be loved by her husband, but he told her that their marriage was based only on money. 
This comparison is significant because Rose is writing both of these stories--her autobiography and the poem.  So, the fact that she is writing essentially the same message in her writings means that she is trying to express herself through different perspectives.  By telling stories similar to her own, she is able to express her hurt and her pain better, and explain to others her experiences.  


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Allison Weening