A midwife's Tale Chapter Analysis

d to hold public jobs, while women were to have jobs that were run out of the house.
             2. Martha's response to these experiences was staying in her place. She knew what "a women's job" was and that was what she was to be doing. At times she would find out about things that she was not to know about. Martha, being a woman, couldn't have much of a response because women were not to speak their minds. So instead of her showing any type of opinion about things she kept on doing her job as a midwife, a mother, and a housewife.
             3. Her response to this or lack there of showed that women during this time period didn't have many rights. Women were only good for few things, namely bearing children, taking care of things in the house like cleaning, cooking etc. Men were in charge of things. Men were the only ones who could run businesses, own property, and hold public jobs. The world that Martha lived in was very patriarchal.
             1. The Important thing that Martha has experienced in this chapter was religion. Going to church for Martha was entertaining and she looked forward to this. Also she enjoyed how the people in her community all came together at church. She felt that when she went to church she had a place and that she wasn't just some woman. She felt that her life had meaning because she helps people and does things for others.
             2. Martha's responded to this by going to church and listening to the sermons. She enjoyed these sermons because they spoke to her. Also she liked that fact that the sermons weren't about theology, they talked about what Christ thought.
             3. Martha's response to this showed that the people around her had many different beliefs about how the church should be run. However with people having such different beliefs it affected the way t
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