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1、“AWomanonaRoof”isnotjustabouttheconflictbetweenbothgenders,butthewarofclassdifferencesconcernedwecanlearnfromit.Theheroinesunbathingandtheheroesofthreeworkmenindifferentagessharethesamehotsunbutlivethetotallydistinguishedlife.Andthepeopleinlowerstatusalsoshowtheirdesiresinspiteofth
2、eprejudicefromtheupperclass.Mycommentisfocusontheclassdifferencesrepresentingasfollows.Whatarethedescriptionsoftheclassdifferencesinthestory?Onesentenceonthebeginningofthestory:Thentheysawher,betweenchimneys,aboutfiftyyardsaway.Thedistanceof“fiftyyards”reflectsthatoneclassleavesalo
3、neanotherclassinlife.Thelifethewomanspendswasinanidlewaylyinginthesunforahealthycolorofskinwhilethethreeworkingmenhavetoreplaceguttersonaroofinthesunforsupportingtheirlives.Sothesunishelpfultotheformerclass,butcrueltothelaterclass.Howtorepresentthecollisionbetweenthetwoclasses?Allt
4、hreemendesiretogetthesunbather’sattentionastheyneedadiversionfromtherelentlessheat.Butnomatterhowhardtheytryincludingwhistling,yelling,wavingtothewomanonarooftopnearby,thewomankeepspayingnomindtothem.“Thewomanstayedonherblanket,turningherselfoverandover.”“Sheignoredthem,nomatterwha
5、ttheydid”Theybecome“taunted”bythiswoman’sindifferencetowardsthem.Thenonverbalisolationandindignationofthewomanagainstthemen’slewdbehaviorprovokethethreemantohatredherincludingTomintheend.“Theywereallangrybecauseofherutterindifferencetothethreemenwatchingher.”Theclimaxofthecollision
6、isthewoman’srejectionagainsttheTom’sloveforher.Tom,whohasbeenfantasizingaboutthewoman,convincedthathehasactedtoprotectherfromStanley,sneaksovertoseeher,andisrebuffed.Shetellshimtogoawayand“inalowreasonablevoice,whereangerwaskeptincheck,thoughwithdifficulty”sheadds“ifyougetakickouto
7、fseeingwomeninbikinis,whydon’tyoutakearideasixpennyridetotheLido?You’dseedozensofthem,withoutallthismountaineering.”Wecanlearnfromthestorythatoneonthesuperiorclassisnotwillingtobeobservedordisturbedbyanother.Intheconditionofthetensionbetweentheclasses,naturally,thewomanindifferentl
8、ydoesn’trespondtotheworkin
