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  1. Xiafu as an Ecofeminist novella
  a. Parallels between raping Lin Shi and butchering pigs: plight of women and animals is similar
  i. Knife v. penis
  ii. Squealing v. screaming
  iii. Male gets same feeling from butchering and sex
  b. Other aspects of nature in Xiafu
  i. Weather phenomena: Lin Shi’s life is reflected in weather patterns
  1. environment affects human life
  c. Similarities between bloody water on floor in slaughterhouse and dirtiness around well
  i. Bloody water: result of slaughtering pigs which is compared to raping Lin Shi
  ii. Environment around well: result of dirty laundry (gossip) being done which is also very harmful to Lin Shi
  1. Asks the question: is the raping or the gossip more harmful to LinShi
  a. One could argue that it is Auntie Ah Wang’s gossip that is more hurtful
  i. Before Ah Wang’s attempted hanging and decision to turn on Lin Shi, she at least had one pleasant aspect of her life
  ii. She heard Ah Wang and other women talking about her which hurt her feelings and led her to do things that caused her more pain, i.e. not screaming when he was taking advantage of her
  iii. In the end, Ah Wang’s stories even ruined her reputation in death
  1. she got revenge on man but not on Ah Wang
  2. Not a single good female character, whereas man that gives her food and Ah Wang’s son can be considered good male characters
  a. Asks the question: is this really a feminist novel?
  b. If there are no good female characters and, in the end, the females are just as harmful to one another as the men are to them, should we feel sorry for the women, or just for the animals
  
  1. Xiafu in the context of “The Politics of Meat”
  a. Many of Adams’ points are features of Xiafu
  i. Knife/penis, meat/women, butcher/rape
  ii. Killing of pets as a form of abuse
  1. ducks are killed
  2. Parts of Adams’ discourse I don’t agree with:
  a. Assembly line as a degradation to human productivity
  i. Assembly line made group as a whole more productive
  1. did not hurt individuals’ perceptions of themselves as much as it helped the confidence and output of the whole
  b. Comparison of women and animals as victims in all circumstances of male aggression is unfair to animals
  i. Women dress provocatively to entice/garner men’s attention。Sometimes this kind of behavior is a reason why men treat women as objects: because women sometimes voluntarily take on that role
  ii. But animals do not try to seduce butchers
  1. animals are more innocent that women
  
  

第一部分
我觉得杀父是一个生态女性的小说。虽然我觉得这个小说很人类中型的，也有自然的写作的元素。主要的生态的元素之一是小说的在林市的性虐待和屠杀猪之间的比较。使用这个比较，读者可以看懂女人的地步根动物的底部有一样的。很多的特点帮读者看懂这个比较。
作家的说明女人和动物的比较的办法之一是把男人的阴茎和屠杀的稻子进行比较。男人想象得用这个工具虐待女人，也动物。男人使用这个工具的时候，女人和猪都成为男人的受害者。这个比较被更地说明用把交媾的女人的呼声和被杀的时候猪的长声尖角。这个比较被说明永林市的丈夫的性欲。刹住的时候和性交的时候他很喜欢他的受害者和省呼声。如果一个女人或者一个猪呼声，他有一样的乐趣。他的乐趣也对读者示范是否性交或者杀动物，屠杀有一样的感觉。所以，对男人，女人和动物当一样的宗旨。
别的自然的特点是怎么林市的情况一致天气的现象。例如：“The weather really began to turn cold. Even in the daytime, the chilly, gusty wind blowing in from the distant horizon turned dry and blustery, churning and sweeping up the yellow sand from the beach. Whipping by, it stung hands and faces already numbed by the winter cold. Lin Shi’s indifference finally brought Chen Jiangshui’s wrath down upon her” (125).
所以，天气很冷，也刮风的时候，林市的生活的情况特别不好。天气比较可怕的时候，林市的生活也比较可怕。
用这个办法，杀夫的作家说明这
个小说的哲学：女人的诗情和自然的事情是连带。这个哲学是生态女性主义。

第二部分
虽然有的杀夫的方面引起读者觉得小说是一个女性主义的，别的发面不引起这个结束。一般来说，女性主义的小说引起读者的确同情所有的女人。可是，在杀夫读者只的确同情林市，小说的别的女人是坏人。她们经常得传播流言蜚语，也关于别的女人说不好的话。我觉得对林市，这个女人的话比她的丈夫的待遇有一样结果。我觉得读者可以比较女人的话跟丈夫的举动一起。
这个小说的主要的对比是林市和动物之间的对比。怎么样林市的丈夫杀死猪比怎么样他强奸林市一样的。跟女人和猪一起他很凶恶。在屠宰场他的举动的结果是沾满血污的水的地面。他说：
“He seldom wore an apron because, with all his years of experience, his clothes were rarely dirtied by pig’s blood. But the layer of water that always accumulated on the floor was another matter, making high boots an absolute necessity” (16).
杀死动物的时候，在地面他留下很大的血污的脏乱状态。
相同的林市的丈夫，小说的别的女人的话也留下很大的脏乱状态。每天他们去井。在那儿她们关于每个彼得的人的事情聊天。是否她们的话真的布真的，她们不管。用英文：the saying “airing dirty laundry” means to gossip. 所以，在井，小说的女人做两的东西：她们洗衣服，可是她们也 传播流言蜚语，or “air dirty laundry”. 他说：“She stopped in her tracks and listened closely. Yes, someone inside was talking about her, someone with a hoarse, raspy voice- it had to be Auntie Ah-ang... “Take me, for instance. I was prepared to kill myself if that’s what it took to show I had the courage of my convictions. That’s all a person needs to get by in this world.” The tone of her voice became contemptuous: “A person doesn’t have to moan and groan all the time to try to make people believe she’s having a good time. It’s people like that who give all women a bad name” (100-101).
洗衣服，也关于别的人的事情聊天的时候，她们在井留下很大的脏乱状态。她们的东静在井的墙壁留下脏水。在墙壁的红砖头，脏水好像血。他说：“Time and exposure to the elements had turned the bright red bricks of the wall into a water-soaked dull red. Moist green moss flourished at the base of the well, which was slick and dank” (31). 所以，她的丈夫屠杀猪的时候他留下很大的血的脏乱状态。因为这个小说把女人的性虐待和屠杀猪的结果进行比较，我们可以觉得交够有时候也留下血的脏乱状态。所以，我们看懂：对女人， 男人的性虐待跟别的女人的流言蜚语有一样的结果。他们都很有害的。
如果读者觉得：“对林市，她们的关于别的人的事情的聊天根她得的丈夫的性虐待遗弃有一样的结果”，怎么样知道谁的虐待的结果更有害的。谁应受责怪的林市的命运？
如果读者看懂女人跟男人都很危险，这个小没有女性主义的信息。我不喜欢Auntie Ah-Wang. 我觉得她比林市的丈夫不好的。她不是一个讨人喜欢的女人。因为这个小说有比较多坏女人，我觉得这个小说不女性主义的。

第三部分
Thoughts on “The Sexual Politics of Meat”

With this opinion I have only one issue: I think it is unfair to animals to compare their unfortunate fates to those of women in all circumstances.
Women are sometimes deserving of their objectification because of the clothes they wear and certain behavior that may provoke men to treat them as objects. When women dress provocatively or act especially flirty, they do so only for the attention that it garners them. Therefore, when women behave in this manor, one cannot place all of the blame for their objectification on men. They must take a little bit of the responsibility.
Contrastingly, animals have not been known to clad themselves in skimpy clothing in order to taunt men. Unless one counts the Muppets, Miss Piggy, animals are pretty much innocent, as far as provocation goes. Therefore, women’s and animals’ objectification is different: in some cases, women ask for theirs, whereas animals do not.