a Great Read Name ENG121 Professor June 16‚ 2014 Narrative Essays Are a Great Read Narrative essays and Descriptive essays can be similar but they are different in nature. The narrative essay “I Want a Wife” is more compelling than the descriptive essay “Homeless” because the narrative essay has a point of view‚ uses humor and satire‚ and uses tone and language that can draw the reader in. “Narration is storytelling from the perspective of a narrator and the story may be true
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essay “why I Want a Wife” by Judy Brady‚ she classifies herself as a wife and a mother. She meets one of her male friend‚ that according to the author recently was divorced and had a child that was with his wife. One day while she was ironing‚ it occurs to her that she also want a wife‚ and she starts listing the reasons to why she also wants a wife. The author from the beginning of her essay starts by figurative language explaining why she wants a wife “I too‚ would like to have a wife” (Brady 1)
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Brady’s essay “I Want a Wife” was in the first edition of Ms. Magazine; which targeted the inequality that was promised to women at this time. Being as the 70s was a time when women constantly struggled for equality and rights‚ Brady has some very interesting views on the term “wife.” Brady begins her thought process after hearing from a male friend who has recently become divorced. With him being single‚ and looking for a new wife; it occurred to Brady that she too wanted a wife of her own. Brady
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"Why I Want a Wife" Judy Brady "According to the dictionary‚ a wife is a "woman married to a man." But‚ as many women know‚ a wife is much more: coo‚ housekeeper‚ nutritionist‚ chauffeur‚ friend‚ sex partner‚ valet‚ nurse‚ social secretary‚ ego-builder‚ and more. Rather than complains why she herself would like to have a wife. I belong to that classification of people known as wives. I am a Wife. And‚ not altogether incidentally‚ I am a mother. Not too long ago a male friend of mine appeared
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Who wouldn’t want someone who takes care of their significant other‚ the kids‚ the house‚ and everything inbetween? Judy brady asked‚ “who wouldn’t want a wife?” sarcastically after stating the “ideal” responsibilities of a women in the household around 1970 in her article. Women at that time were expected to do the work of a maid‚ while the men went out and worked a job to support the family. Judy Brady hints in her article‚ “Why I Want a Wife‚” that there is discrimination against women. Women
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the personal essay “I Want a Wife”‚ Judy Brady uses irony to explain why she would want a wife. Brady lists multiple jobs and tasks that an ideal wife does and is expected to do. Along with irony‚ the author uses sarcasm and repetition to emphasize what a wife does for her husband‚ as well as her children. I believe the author’s tone changes from pleasant to sarcastic by stating “If‚ by chance‚ I find another person more suitable as a wife than the wife I already have‚ I want the liberty to replace
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In the essay “Why I Want a Wife” by Judy Brady‚ the author classifies herself as a mother‚ wife and a career driven woman. Brady emphasizes the unrealistic expectations that society has created for a mother and wife. To accentuate the ideologies placed on women Brady starts to list the duties that all mothers wives should be upholding. Through the use of sarcasm‚ extended hyperbole‚ and repetition‚ Brady creates a connection with all independent‚ career driven mothers‚ and wives in order to motivate
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this out to the readers of Ms. Magazine in 1972‚ where she publishes an article that opens eyes across the nation. In her article‚ “Why I Want a wife‚” Brady uses techniques such as pathos to discuss her duties as a wife and to show the unfairness and inequality that her position upholds. Brady has a very sarcastic tone throughout the contents of her article. “My wife must arrange to lose time at work and not lose the job. It may mean a small cut in
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The following essay‚ Why I Want a Wife‚” appeared in Ms. Magazine in 1972. In this essay Brady takes a satirical look at what it means to be a wife and mother. Brady was thinking of a longtime friend who appeared on the scene fresh from a recent divorce and was looking for another wife (263). It was in that moment it occurred to Brady‚ as a wife and mother that she too would like to have a wife. Then all of the duties‚ the equal importance and the serious points Brady argues is that wives are
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specified in her text‚ “Why I Want a Wife” that having a wife would be great‚ and then she starts naming off many things that woman name that make a man very happy. She supports her claim by first talking about her friend who had recently been divorced and trying to look for another wife‚ then she starts talking about the small things that women do that would make a man want a wife‚ then she starts asking why wouldn’t she want a wife‚ and finally asks “Why wouldn’t anybody want a wife?” Judy Brady’s purpose
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