Stephanie Lenox Response

Sadly I was not able to see Stephanie Lenox due to scheduling conflicts, but instead I read her poem "Venus de Milo." This poem is about a doll that does no have its arms and this was very interesting since it was named Venus de Milo. The real Venus de Milo is a sculpture that is currently located in the louvre museum in Paris and also has no arms and is widely known for this fact. I found the last sentence very intriguing because one reading that you can get out of it that true beauty is actually imperfect. Everyone that is seen as beautiful in the world has imperfections whether you no about it or not, no one person is perfect.

The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick

One theme that can be seen when reading “The Shawl” is survival. The whole story revolves around survival since it is concentrated on them being in a concentration camp during World War 2. The camps were very hard to survive and required will power and the help of those around you to make it through alive. They had to have the will power to make it through things such as walking from one camp to another without stopping and having little to none sustenance. Most prisoners would die or pass out because they were scarcely fed and worked hard. The fact that they faced these harsh conditions show their true will to survive.