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Upon reading the post-bellum packet, I wondered about what it was like to live back then and be a woman writer like Emily Dickinson. I wondered about where I would fit in enough time to do any writing with a busy schedule with having to do house work all day and make clothes all the time. It would be a very busy life. I feel that this life style would not be something I would enjoy. I like my technology and internet very much.  Now that I think about it, I would spend a lot of time writing stories and reading books, as well as making clothes and other things.  I feel that I would end up not doing the daily chores and read all day and write all day instead. If I had to go back in time and compare today’s life to the time period back then, I would probably go crazy.  I think that I would be very bored in the past as I would find little to do that would entertain me.  I would rather have something to do to procrastinate with than have nothing to do except my actual work (school work). When Emily Dickinson was alive was a completely different time than now, almost two different worlds. I suspect that there were several skinny people who worked a lot and had little time on their hands. In today’s world, there are more people that are obese than there were in the past.  I think that this is due to modern day technology and more desk jobs than farming jobs. There are more “couch potato” people than busy bodies because of the modern day job tasks.



Basically, the questions I have are these:



What was life like for Emily Dickinson?

What made her decide to start writing, and where did she find the time?