AS WE ARE NOW

'As We Are Now' by May Sarton



'As We Are Now' by May Sarton

Introduction

May Satron, a novelist and poet having above 50 works to her credits is best known for her memoirs and journals within which Satron being a woman artist recorded her process of creativity, Satron articulated with honesty regarding the loneliness and joys of solitude and the realisms of budding into illness and old age. While May Satron's works' critical reception was at times lacking on the whole, and was normally mixed, a loyal and significant readership was gained by her. In the decades of 70s and 80s, Stron's works gained greater than ever attention, particularly from feminist intellectuals that discovered a voice of openness and strength on areas like the link amid creativity and gender and woman's love for woman in Satron. She never wished of being titled as a lesbian writer or as a feminist, wanted in its place for being acknowledged as an author that pleaded to universal issues. Ultimately, Satron became a significant figure for both factions. Satron's journals particularly extended the genre of autobiography of women, and her work found its way in a huge number of studies courses of women in universities. This paper discusses the main issues raised by May Satron in her novel by the title of 'As We Are Now'. In addition to this the paper critiques Satron's position on those issues/themes, and my own position on the issues and on the Satron's position.

Discussion

After reading the novel “As We Are Now” it can be said that this first-person, intense story start as an old woman Caro who is 76 years old is sent to a nursing home by her sister-in-law and her brother who is even much older than her. Residing with her brother and her ...