Woolf- A room of one's own

In this chapter Woolf narrates a passage on the topic of Women and Fiction. In this passage Woolf states the necessary elements for a women to be able to write fiction. "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction; and that, as you will see, leaves the great problem of the true nature of woman and the true nature of fiction unsolved." (1229) The main reason this seems to be is that women of this period were not allowed the same priviledges of the males. Therefore they were not able to walk on the grass, or to go in the library so they need their own priveledge to be able to write.

It seemed that Woolf seemed to be making a case for the ability of women and criticizing the fact that women are not able to serve these abilities due to their lack of resources. This poem was interesting to me because it really showed the feelings of inequality that were obvious during this period. Although we take this for granted now, women and people of other races have just recently gained the right to do anything they might want. It also made me think about how some people in this country are still not able to do what they would like due to the fact that they are held captive by their financial obligations.