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1、“AWomanonaRoof”isnotjustabouttheconflictbetweenbothgenders,butthewarofclassdifferencesconcernedwecanlearnfromit.Theheroinesunbathingandtheheroesofthreeworkmenindifferentagessharethesamehotsunbutlivethetotallydistinguishedlife.Andthepeopleinlowerstatusalsoshowtheirdesiresinspiteoftheprejudicefromth
2、eupperclass.Mycommentisfocusontheclassdifferencesrepresentingasfollows.Whatarethedescriptionsoftheclassdifferencesinthestory?Onesentenceonthebeginningofthestory:Thentheysawher,betweenchimneys,aboutfiftyyardsaway.Thedistanceof“fiftyyards”reflectsthatoneclassleavesaloneanotherclassinlife.Thelifethew
3、omanspendswasinanidlewaylyinginthesunforahealthycolorofskinwhilethethreeworkingmenhavetoreplaceguttersonaroofinthesunforsupportingtheirlives.Sothesunishelpfultotheformerclass,butcrueltothelaterclass.Howtorepresentthecollisionbetweenthetwoclasses?Allthreemendesiretogetthesunbather’sattentionastheyn
4、eedadiversionfromtherelentlessheat.Butnomatterhowhardtheytryincludingwhistling,yelling,wavingtothewomanonarooftopnearby,thewomankeepspayingnomindtothem.“Thewomanstayedonherblanket,turningherselfoverandover.”“Sheignoredthem,nomatterwhattheydid”Theybecome“taunted”bythiswoman’sindifferencetowardsthem
5、.Thenonverbalisolationandindignationofthewomanagainstthemen’slewdbehaviorprovokethethreemantohatredherincludingTomintheend.“Theywereallangrybecauseofherutterindifferencetothethreemenwatchingher.”Theclimaxofthecollisionisthewoman’srejectionagainsttheTom’sloveforher.Tom,whohasbeenfantasizingaboutthe
6、woman,convincedthathehasactedtoprotectherfromStanley,sneaksovertoseeher,andisrebuffed.Shetellshimtogoawayand“inalowreasonablevoice,whereangerwaskeptincheck,thoughwithdifficulty”sheadds“ifyougetakickoutofseeingwomeninbikinis,whydon’tyoutakearideasixpennyridetotheLido?You’dseedozensofthem,withoutall
7、thismountaineering.”Wecanlearnfromthestorythatoneonthesuperiorclassisnotwillingtobeobservedordisturbedbyanother.Intheconditionofthetensionbetweentheclasses,naturally,thewomanindifferentlydoesn’trespondtotheworkin
