DONE WITH HERLAND

Well I’m done with Herland and if I may quote the famous James Alfonse Coleman “it was mediocre at best”. I just recently wrote my essay and I answered the question where you had to read three other blogs and agree or disagree with what they said. I went over Kermit the Blog made by the great Doug “E-Fresh” Horn. I also looked at the original “StevesBlog” made by Steve Cohan, and class favorite Jake Strasser’s “The Blog Cabin”. I found that I had a lot in common with what they said and if I do say myself I wrote a pretty good essay. I had some problems with the book and here is something that really grinds my gears. I’m all for women’s suffrage and support the idea that women are equal to men. But if the reader is supposed to have an opened mind on such a radical plot, like an all women civilization, how are they expected to except such stereotypical protagonists? Terry is a hot head and full of himself. He thinks that men are superior and follow different rules than women. Terry represents your classic anti-feminist, “Terry possesses the male dominance personality of women as objects and nonsense like that” (Strasser 2008), what a surprise in a feminist novel. The softy, Jeff, embodies the type of man who idealizes women and worships the very ground they walk. Moreover, Gilman could not resist bridging these two opposing personalities with a perfect middleman; Van. Van is the character that does not have a set in stone opinion, but is "willing to entertain new and even radical ideas" (Strasser 2008). Flawlessly calculated, these characters could not be any better to help carry a plot about women’s equality. What are the odds? Almost mocking the reader’s intelligence by the overwhelmingly obvious choice of character traits, not only did it offend me but also my attitude towards women has remained unchanged. Did Gilman really expect me to become a feminist after this? If you read this I feel it wont have much change on the type of person you are but will make you think how funny it would be if there really was an all women society. If you have enough time to read this book they you should have the time to take this
feminist. test. GOODLUCK!
And don’t be afraid to check out blog buddy Matt Marini’s blog its pretty sweet.