My reaction to Alice Walkers piece ARoseLily@ was quite interesting and confusing. Interesting in the way she wrote the wedding ceremony different from the main story. Confusing because you, the reader, have to read really carefully to see what the plot was. Overall, once I got the hang of reading her style it became clear to me how she felt and what the story was that she was trying to introduce. There was definitely a lot of symbolism in the story. First of all, the name A Roselily @ means A beauty and perfection, happiness and grace and lily means purity, and guiltless@(Symbolism in literature pg.3)
But this symbolism doesn't come across in the story, instead the exact opposite of there definition comes across. For instance, from the beginning of the story she talks about having three kids with her at the time of the ceremony which definitely means she=s not as pure as the lily portrays her to be. One of the other things that strike me about this reading is how she thinks......

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1. Roselily
   

   roselily. Alice Walkers Roselily is a short story about women who is about to
   be married, but is having second thoughts about the marriage. ... ...

2. Roselily
   

   Roselily. Alice Walker's "Roselily", when first read considered why she
   decided to use third person. Especially when the story is ... ...

3. Roselily
   

   Roselily. ... She goes on to say he couldn't live with "Roselily", which brought
   me to the conclusion that maybe her name is Roselily. ... ...

4. To Be Or Not To Be
   

   To be or not to be. In the short story «Roselily», Alice Walker tells two
   stories in one. The most obvious story is the one about ... ...

5. Alice Walker
   

   ... In Roselily, which is about an unwed African-American woman with 3 children,
   the name of the man Roselily marries is not even mentioned. ... ...