《芒果街上的小屋》读书感悟英文

Women in the Cage

---Reading inspiration from The House on Mango Street

Good evening everyone, today I will share will you my inspiration from the six stories

we have read this week. The titleof my speech is women in the cage. My speech is

mainly

composed

by

four

parts.

Firstly,

I’m

gonna

explain

the

title

of

my

speech.

After that,

I

will compare women’s status

in

modern day china with

that in

the old

days.

In

the

next

part,

I’m

gonna

tap

into

th

e

root

course

of

gender

problem

and

finally, I will say a few words about what should women do in order to improve their

status in the modern society.

Mango

Street

is

full

of

women

who

are

trapped

either

physically

or

mentally,

for

example our protagonist and the four women in her neighborhood. Esperanza herself

is a tiny thing against many bricks, and sometimes she is too sad and too skinny to

keep

keeping.

Mamacita

knows

only

eight

English

words.

Rafaela

gets

locked

and

drinks juice. Beautiful Sally is short of love and respect. Minerva can do nothing but

write poem to vent her discontent. These women’s experiences give us an insight into

how

low

women’s

social

statuses

were

at

that

time.

They

were

helpless,

insecure,

depressed and caged either mentally or physically.

Their fortune reminds me of the miserable lives of women in China in the old society.

Previously,

most

family

would

feel

unlucky

if

they

got

girls.

There

was

endless

housework, unfair competition and gender discrimination awaiting for them.

Nowadays,

things

have

improved

a

lot

in

our

country.

Most

girls

have

the

opportunities

to

share

education

resources,

to

compete

fairly

with

male

in

working

field.

Females

are

playing

a

more

and

more

important

role

in

today

’s

society,

and

some

of

them

even

occupy

a

leading

position

in

their

gh

gender

discrimination is not that severe in today’s society, it still exists.

So, what is the root cause of women’s misfortune? Have you ever thought about that

problem? We owe it to the male dominated world and put the male on the opposite

side. I believe that’s too superficial and radical. In the speech made by Emma Watson

named He for She, she points out that both men and women are being imprisoned by

gender

stereotype

in

which

men

should

be

strong

and

aggressive,

while

women

should

be

fragile

and

submissive.

The

essential

reason

of

this

problem

is

that

our

society is not advanced and civilized enough to let both men and women to set their

minds and bodies free. Therefore, I believe men and women should joint their hands

to solve this problem.

Finally, I’d like to say a few words about what should women do in order to improve

their status in the modern society. As Olivia says, we should possess the female power.

It does not mean that women must be strong, nor they overpower men. It's the power

that

has

been

covered

by

social

evolution

in

women.

We

facilitate

ourselves

with

knowledge, strive for independent personality, fight against gender prejudices, realize