Victoya McDermott

Nov.18^th 2014

              Wolves are usually in packs and there is usually one wolf that is considered the alpha of the pack. The alpha is to allow the other pack members to eat first, their supposed to take care and make sure their pack is strong. Consider the alpha as a mother, one who has to keep the family together, the head of the house hold. A mother’s duties are never done; she will always be that person you go to when you’re in trouble or need someone to talk to.

             The alpha doesn't always have to be physically the strongest of the pack, but mentally have the ability to keep the pack balanced. An alpha will make sure his pack is okay at all times, he/or she will always put them first as a mother would to her children or a lion to his cubs. Imagine having the faith of others in your hands; imagine their protection and their guidance depend solemnly on you.  It feels like you’re lifting a 150 pound weight with just your piney, there’s so much going on in your mind, it sounds like tiny insects started a marching band in your head, beating their drums to no specific rhythm.

    Imagine it was your duty to not let the people who look up to you down, but you failed. Imagine feeling like an outsider when you’re supposed to be the one they look up to, now imagine losing your family, your pack, being voted by Simon himself on American idol. Now they’re looking for a new leader, a better role model. What would you do? In the wolf world it would be a fight to the finish, and only the strongest survive, a fight for a new alpha, but you won’t let that happen because you’re strength and your compassion is like seeing a full blown rainbow for the first time, gay and full of life.

      Life hits you like a ton of bricks, but you stand tall with your chest out and accept any challenge it has to offer you. This is why you’re the alpha, the leader of the pack and nothing can back you in a corner, nothing can belittle you or break you. You protect, provide and nourish your pack, you show them the way and teach the ropes, you prepare them to face the battles they can handle and show them not every battle is worth fighting. Now they’re strong enough to start a pack of their own and they’ll make great alphas because they had you as a role model.   

Victoya McDermot

Nov. 13, 2014

                                                                Wolves

Wolves are usually in packs and there is usually one wolf in the pack that is considered the alpha of the pack. The alpha is to allow the other pack members to eat first, their supposed to take care and make sure their pack is strong. Consider the alpha wolf as a mom, a mother who must make sure their newborn is heathy and strong. She must make sure this tiny human grows up and be ready to face the world on its own.

Victoya Mcdermott

"Unpacking a quotation"

  "John doesn't know how much I suffer. He knows there is no reason to, and that satisfies him".

    John wants to be in control, he wants to be the one that's always right or always knows what he's talking about. He wants her to be submissive so he can therefore feel like he actually is the man in the marriage. This quote proves that john does now really listen to much of what his wife has to say, and he doesn't value her opinion or brushes it off. During the time the story was written, this was how women were viewed. They were to always obey their husbands as if they were kings, listen to their every word because men were homered more then women at this time.

   I think this lead her to depression. The fact that she couldn't say or do what she wanted to without johns permission or the fact that she couldn't be around her son much because john thought she was sick and unstable. This is what encouraged her to write "the yellow wallpaper". It was her way of saying how she feels in a way only she would understand, just in case john or anybody else was to find it. They would just think she really hates the nursery and it's wallpaper.

  The wallpaper reminds her of herself, "unnoticed" or "unheard". John is always dismissing her, using pet names, treating her like a child instead of his wife, just like he dismissed the idea of changing the wallpaper or changing rooms. So she tears down the wallpaper hoping it will set her free make her more independent instead of following behind a man. When the narrator mentions in the end "I've got out at last, so you can't put me back", then she mentions "now why should that man have fainted, and right across my path" . That man she refers to is john and her getting out means she is free, free from being his shadow or his lap dog. She is proud of her freedom from john, it's likes breath of fresh air. She doesn't have to worry about upsetting him or doing something he doesn't like. She can be herself and make her own decisions.