HW: 30, A Room of My Own

“They shared a laboratory together…” (Woolf 83) is a quote from Virginia Woolf’s, A Room of One’s Own. In this novel, Woolf  is describing some of the lives of women through the years and their ability to have freedom or in other words, a room of one’s own. I live in a college dorm therefore I share my room with one roommate. Although I am never here alone, sometimes I feel like I do have a room of my own. I have been friends with my roommate for many years, so we are very comfortable with each other. We respect each other. We have talked and if one of us needed privacy, whether it is to do some work or we just want the room to our self, that we would respect the other and try and give it to them. Although it is not like actually having my own room because I have to make sure that I keep my things on my side, etc.

Another quote from Woolf’s novel is, “The fascination of the London street is that no two people are ever alike,…” (Woolf 95) This is a very true statement. Everyone is different and sometimes having two people together that are very different can cause problems. I do not have that problem with my roommate. We get along very well and we love living in the  same room together. Some people on the other hand don’t get along. They don’t respect each others things and they make the experience miserable. Having a room of one’s room can sometimes help people get closer to each other because it leaves no room for fights. Living alone gives people the opportunity to be an individual.

Posted by: qtkel101 | 03-26-2008 | 06:03 PM
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