Why I Want a Wife- Judy Brady - Response questions

1. Does this essay have an explicitly stated thesis? If so, what is it? If you believe the thesis is implied, paraphrase it in your own words. Not one bit. a marrige is a partnership, to have some one to yes help you with all of thise demans but should not be responseable for all those things everyday all day. you wife/ husband is there for you and you need to be there for them as well. I think the auther isnt looking for a wife there looking for about 12 buttlers and 8 personal asistances and a nanny.

2. Throughout the essay, Brady repeats the words “I want a wife.” What is the effect of this repetition? 

simply just reminds that brady's demands are crazy to ask of one person and is basicly restateing "this is why im signle" over and over. I think he Repeats "Iwant a Wife" so many times to make wife come across as an object instead of a person. that way it sound like he is talking about something that you can pick up at Wall Mart or Kroger. 

3. Do you think Brady really wants the kind of wife she describes—does this ideal spouse

actually exist? Explain why you think Brady wrote this essay. I dont think he accually want a "wife" that would do all those things. I think that he is makeing fun of all the people that expect there wifes to stay at home and do everything for the man of the house hold. so that way his soul job can be to bring home the pay check.

4. How does Brady define what it means to be a “wife”? How does she organize the many services a wife provides her husband and family? What do you think of Brady’s characterization of a wife and her responsibilities? How do you think she wants her readers to respond to this characterization? Why?

I think that she wants people to be more aware of all the different things that wifes do for there husbands and to be more aware of how rediclus the expections are for wifes.

5. Write a letter to Brady responding to “I Want a Wife.” Let her know what you admire or don’t admire about the essay and the extent to which you consider it effective and/or persuasive.
Dear Brady,
I found this paper funny because it made me think of all the different things that my mom does for us at home while still mataining a career of her own. It also made me giggle because i have heared my mom say that she felt like she need a wife of her own just to get everything on her To-Do List done.