Monday, February 25, 2008

Short Story: Grotto changed

These are some of the notes I agree with, I took from our class discussion about the Grotto.

Cared about her Mom:
  • Mom died
  • felt could not leave
  • after death flet connection with mother sul through garden

Scared about Egypt:

  • insecurity
  • Garden is a connects egypt with her home
  • talk to flowers/mother
  • fill void

Otherness:

  • always thinking what otehrs think
  • Feels out of place
  • culture shock
  • not wearing same clothes
  • intruding on culture

OR

  • Not equal/did not have to hide self

OR

  • wealth=jealous
  • different like tourist
  • white people showing different way of life
  • more races then just white
  • women are assuming or thinking bad/judging her

p.190

  • talking to flower
  • "dear lady"
  • refuses "dear lady" when talking to Muhad
  • Looks down on egyptians
  • no right to talk
  • scared of his intentions of him liking her
  • uncomfortable (stranger)

Everything Grotto:

  • man made-unatural Garden-natural
  • man taught by foriegners to speak
  • garden connection no matter real or fake
  • the woman wanted to leave when she first met man
  • humans not so different

Why Grotto?

mystical/secluded/spiritual/knowledge

What caused the woman to go to the Grotto?

  • curiosity
  • adventurous
  • want to explore/learn something new

not to judge/suttle similarities even if do not look it

wants to experience but always has fear

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