Wife Questions

1. Does this essay have an explicitly stated thesis? If so, what is it? If you believe the thesis is implied, paraphrase it in your own words.

I think the thesis of the essay is "Why do I want a wife?"  This begins the thought on why the author wants a wife.

 2. Throughout the essay, Brady repeats the words “I want a wife.” What is the effect of this repetition? 

The effect is the reader begins to realize that this is the point of the entire story.  The author wants to know that the point of the story is that they want a wife.

3. Brady never uses the personal pronouns he or she to refer to the wife she defines. Why not?

She does not want to personalize the story to much.  She has already personalized it to a certain extent but by putting he or she, it would personalize it more.

4. Do you think Brady really wants the kind of wife she describes—does this ideal spouse

actually exist? Explain why you think Brady wrote this essay.

I don't think that Brady acctually wants this wife.  I think she wrote this essay to make a point about what a man might want in a wife.

5. How does Brady define what it means to be a “wife”? How does she organize the many services a wife provides her husband and family? What do you think of Brady’s characterization of a wife and her responsibilities? How do you think she wants her readers to respond to this characterization? Why?

She gives many examples on what it means to be a good wife.  She organized these thoughts by grouping them together in similar groups.  I think she wants her readers to respond by reading the reasons carefully.  She wants them to understand what she is saying and why she is saying it.

6. Write a letter to Brady responding to “I Want a Wife.” Let her know what you admire or don’t admire about the essay and the extent to which you consider it effective and/or persuasive.

Dear Ms Brady

I admire that you set your standards so high for your wife.  What I don't admire is that you stopped to soon on your standards, you could have even higher standards.  Like she has to come from a wealthy family, skin and face should be flawless, cellulite non existant.  Brady persuades me that high standards are okay.

Sincerely your main man,
A Rizzle

7. Write your own piece entitled “I Want a/an X.” You can use Brady’s essay as a model, and in the process, imitate some of her stylistic techniques. Or, alternatively, write an essay about the role of a “wife” in the early twenty-first century, explaining how a wife’s responsibilities complement and are complemented by those of a spouse.

Why I Don't Want A Monkey,

Ever since I was a little, baby, small, infant child I hated monkeys.  They were so loud and annoying at the zoo.  So when my mommy asked me if I would ever want a monkey, I replied with disgust "NO!"  She asked me why and I went on to explain every reason why I don't want a monkey.  First of all I heard they were very clingy and I don't want a cute baby monkey around my neck, there is no way I could pick up a girl with a monkey around my neck.  Another reason I would never want a monkey is they throw their feces at other people and it would not be cool to train my monkey to throw its feces at people I don't like.  Also mnkeys are crazy, I would like my house to be very calm.  I have lived my entire life calmly and I do not want to bring a crazy wild monkey into it.  Also if I got a monkey I would have to get an entire zoo, and it would be a lot of fun hard work to maintain all of those animals.  I would then have to hire some zoo keepers to work at my zoo and I could charge people admmision and make some money which i don't think anyone in the wourld wants to do.  Also I would probably end up  going around the world looking at a bunch of cool animals to see what I could put in my zoo and I hate traveling to new places and learning all the cool stuff there is to do there.