Herland: Fourth Blog

          When Terry's punishment of trying to rape his wife was to go back to his own land, it was not really a punishment to him because he still cherished where he came from and did not take much pride in living in a woman domineering land. He takes pride in everything of his own, original country. He has nationalism which may represent why the girls and women of Herland liked him the least. Vandyck and Jeff were less stubborn in changing their ways and got more adjusted to the land because they were more like the women and did not have deep, firm belief in the ways of their own country.
          Jeff and Vandyck also did not want their wives, Cellis and Ellador, to be exposed to their country when Terry was going back. Ellador wanted to explore the outside world with Van because she was curious. Curiosity can sometimes lead to a big discovery. If the book were to continue on into when they got there, I'm sure the readers would find it interesting of what types of ideas and inferences she would gather in a short period of time.

Herland: Blog Three

          In Herland by Charlotte Gilman, the women of the small country, specifically the tutors of the three males, want to know the customs and habits of the "bi-sexual" nation that the boys come from. The women assimilate the information they hear, but they do not change because of it. This differs from the play, A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry with the character George Murchison who is a educated black male. He absorbs and takes in the customs of the whites and even dumbs down his own race. The women of Herland would never do that because they greatly appreciate all that they are and love each other dearly.
          As the women are learning about America and the other countries, scarcely, they are disturbed to find out that the unborn are sometimes killed. Abortion is horrifying in their minds because they want to love and take care of all children. This can be connected with A Raisin in the Sun again when Ruth considers abortion because they don't have enough money. Walter is somewhat shocked because of this too. Abortion is still an arguable topic today because people have different ideas of how things should be done.