As a person that doesn't read in their free time often, annotating feels a bit unnatural. When asked to annotate, I've always written down anything that I think is important in character development and the plot. I also jotted down notes if I thought I found symbols or passages that related to the theme. I've always been a very slow reader because I like to process everything that I just read before I move on. I tend to stop reading after every few pages just to recap. While my thoughts after every few pages serve as good annotations, I struggle with writing them in the book. I have very large handwriting. If I don't write large, my handwriting becomes illegible. It's hard for me to write in the small margins of a book. Its also hard to underline important lines in the book because I don't have a steady hand. Since I use a pen for annotations, messing up my handwriting or underlining could prove to be calamitous. While I do think jotting down my thoughts helps me remember everything that was important, I get frustrated that it slows my reading. To solve my problem of writing in the small margins, I decided that I would use sticky notes while reading Home Fire. This gives me more space to write down my thoughts. So far, I have enjoyed annotating Home Fire. I don't have to worry about running out of space and/or damaging the book because I have an unlimited number of sticky notes.
It is clear to me that gender plays a large role in Pachinko. Sunja has many social pressures that consume her life. Most of these social pressures are a result of her being female. For example, when she gets pregnant while being single, she is pressured to leave her life in Korea behind to find a man to marry and provide for her so that she is not judged by society. This demonstrates that society is not supporting women to live independent lives and/or pursue an education. The only expectations for women include being good mothers and good wives. Another example of gender roles playing a big role in Pachinko is women as part of the workforce. In Japan, it becomes apparent that women aren't encouraged to work. In fact, Yoseb takes it as a hit to his ego as a man when Sunja and Kyunghee tell him they wish to work. He is insulted because in Japan, a man is supposed to provide for women.
I hope the sticky notes work--especially if you write on them!
ReplyDeleteI have the same issue with my large handwriting getting in the way of me being able to fully express my ideas on the slim margins of the page. For now, I have began to substitute large handwriting with various symbols that don't take up as much space instead.
ReplyDeleteI can definitely understand annotating slowing down my reading, but I also don't want to take down less information at the same time. It's a tough balance, and I wonder if sticky notes would help me out.
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