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In class we read "The Storm". In the story the main character is a woman named Calixta and she is at home waiting for her husband and son to come home. This is older times so she is the typical housewife who does all the housework and cleaning, etc. While Calixta is waiting, a man she knows named Alcee comes up to her house to get out of the storm and she lets him in. They end up kissing each other which means they both cheated on their spouses. Later when the storm dies down he leaves and her hudband and son return home and she welcomes them back and acts completely normal like nothing ever happened. Back in these days all the blame would be put on her and not Alcee; she'd probably be branded something horrible and could even be shunned but as for him, he would most likely go unnoticed and not punished because he is a man and their rights weren't equal. 

 I read the poem "The Lady in the Pink Mustang" by Louise Erdrich and the lady seems to be some kind of prostitute based on some of the lines the author uses such as "how much" "owning the woman who bears it" "every time she is touched" "The body disposable as cups"and a couple others. She doesn't seem happy with how she is branded and the way she lives her life. It seems like she's running from something in her past; maybe some type of abuse happened. She doesn't carry much with her in the mustang, only things that are not valuable. She most likely ran away from her home and doesn't have much to bring with her anyway.  Being this prostitute figure i don't think she really thinks highly of herself and she just appears lonely and desperate.