The Life Beyond a Farmer’s Wife

The Life beyond a Farmer’s Wife

Professor Mark ENGL 102 students were asked to formulate an application letter; while pretending to be a character from the play Trifles or A Raisin in the Sun. The assignment required research about the occupation, and the setting when the play was written. The assignment is supposed to make students think outside of the box; it would also allow students to be creative with the occupation they have. Some of occupations student have is allowed or available when the plays was written. I was pretending to be Mrs. Hale from the play Trifles applying for the position of a fisherwoman. I was frustrated, and confused after reading the assignment paper, because I never did this kind of assignment before, but going to the writing center to seek for help, and researching about my occupation and setting. I found the assignment to be easier, and doable.

I convey Mrs. Hale voice to be sympathetic and pleading, because Mrs. Hale carried the voice of mercy towards Mrs. Wright “I might have known she needed help! I know things can be-for women. I tell you, it’s queer, Mrs. Peters. We live close together and we live for apart. We all go through the same things- it’s all just a different kind of the same thing” (Glaspell 566). This demonstrates that Mrs. Hale is a companionate and an understanding person. She cries out justice for Minnie foster; by keeping the evidence she found that Minnie Foster killed John Wright. Mrs. Hale also feels guilty for not been there for Minnie Foster.

I chose the name Albert P. Halfhill to address my application letter to because he was the “co-founder of the San Pedro- based canning firm; the California fish company” (Felando, and Medina 1). I chose to write my letter to him because, he owns a fish company, and he would need a fisherwoman to go to the sea to help him catch the fish. Without fisherwoman going to the sea to catch the fishes, Albert would not have any fishes to package, and no company to run. I chose the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper when writing my letter, because my addresses in the letter shows that I reside in California, so it would make sense that I read the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper. I chose the name Albert P. Halfhill and the San Francisco chronicle newspaper because when I googled, and researched fish company in the 1916 and names of newspaper that people read in the early 1900s. I was able to find information on Albert, and the San Francisco Chronicle

The setting in the play reveals that women in the early 1900s spend most of their time in the kitchen. The kitchen is the women territory in the early 1900s. The kitchen shows that women had less interaction with the outside the world. The kitchen served as a workspace for women; women find empowerment in the kitchen by cooking and cleaning. The kitchen can also reveal women’s the state of mind of a woman “a gloomy kitchen, and left without having been put in order- unwashed pans under the sink, a loaf of bread outside the breadbox, a dish towel on the table- other signs of incom-pleted work” (Glaspell 558). This indicates that Minnie Foster has lost motivation to do her chores, which shows that her state of mind is battered which leads to why she killed John Wright because she feels like he distorted her life.

The first skill that I mentioned in the letter is that Mrs. hale is a team player. Mrs. hale is a team player because she is at Minnie Foster house to show support and find out who killed John wright “But am awful glad you came with me, Mrs. Hale. It would be lone-some for me sitting here alone.” (Glaspell 564). Without Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Peters would not have been able to figure out who killed John wright, Mrs. Hale works well with people, and she is committed to Mrs. Peters, because if she was not committed to Mrs. Peters she would have left and told Mrs. Peters to solve the crime by herself. Been a team player is an important skill in fishing because they “signal others …to move, hoist and position loads of the catch” (Fishing and Hunting Workers 1)

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