Re-Cover
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The book The Group isn't extremely graphic in any sense. It's very simple. As you can see it's a circle with eight white flowers on the inside. For it's content the cover is an extreme understatement. For a book that covers such strong struggles for the women in the 1930's that have even carried over into the 21st century. This book's cover is extremely plain. The font looks like the font I use to write my research papers for school.
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The Group by Mary McCarthy is about eight young women that have all graduated from Vassar College. As they go on in life each of their stories are told. The strong overtone is this book is the issue of sexism. Women have always been told what to and what not to do with their bodies. In the 1930s, when this book takes place, sexism and social inequality was even worse than it is now(shocking I know). I mean these are the days where being a 'disobedient' wife will get you thrown into a mental hospital(which happens to character Kay Strong). The taboo of being anything other than heterosexual. Double standards out the wazoo due based around the topic of infidelity. In which men can go around doing whatever the please but the moment women think about anything in relation to the topic. For fiction it definitely contains stories of what can possible happen in a world that seems to be very against women
The contents of the book is hard to pin down due to the interweaving of each of these women's stories. Elinor Eastlake(Lakey) struggles to have the other girls accept the fact that instead of a husband she went the lesbian lover route. Dotty Refnew was forced by a man she was pursuing to get fitted for a diaphragm. Kay Strong goes through a multitude of heartbreak with her husband continuously having extramarital affairs. Many other conflicts happen and for the most part the book is serious while still remaining entertaining. The end however is especially saddening. I'm not going to tell you because that would be a spoiler
4) This is my modern cover
