《芒果街上的小屋》读书感悟英文.docVIP

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 title of 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 the 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 fields. Although 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 th