Answer:
Woolf draws the reader in with the question. The reader answers the question and must conclude with Woolf that it would be “impossible” (p. 48) for women to possess literary genius, since they were forced to work from the beginning of their lives.
Explanation:
Yes, there is a few figurative language. Sorry if wrong
Answer:
"Woman as gold as the river bottom" means:
An analysis of the combination of the suffering of the creek and the seek of gold in Desoto's that never succeeded.
Explanation:
To understand this we need to understand that author and the background. First of all Joy Harjo was a Feminist, therefore it develops critics surrounding social gender roles in her works. In this poem and line, she develops an analysis of the ideal society has imposed to women and how it is impossible to find it because it was created in the imaginary, the suffering of women to fulfill that role, and the struggle society has as a cause of the creation of the ideal. Thus, it is a stylistic device to think about this phenomenon.
Advertising create an unrealistic world for most youth. For girls its all of the photoshopped bodies and perfect teeth and heavy makeup. For boys it about all the trucks, car and sports that they'll be forced to play someday. Also for young women sports or engineering toys aren't very apparent in any advertisements which leads them to believe that they can't build, or play sports or throw a ball around.
