Saturday, October 17, 2009

Women Way of Knowing_Treasure

I believe Treasure in Color Me Butterfly is a Procedural Knower and a Constructed Knower.

Procedural Knower in the terms sharing with her mother, Lydia what her grandfather Ralph Sr. did to her, which was molest her when she went to visit her grandparents. Though Treasure was hesitant whether or not she should tell her mother at first she did share the knowledge she possessed and experience she had with him. In this process Treasure spoke out even though she was not quit sure whether it was the right thing to do-showing some distance from self-doubt for some time. Though the authority was limited to her about whom she feels comfortable to discuss this abuse with, she did confine in her mother and her her step-father Donald.

Constructed Knower when Treasure called the authority aka the police on her mother, Lydia when she spanked her. The police came right away to make sure that she was not being abused and it shows a strong emphasis that physical abuse is not to be tolerated in our society and this was an important contribution in context of the meaning of it. After the misunderstanding has been corrected about the 911 phone call, Lydia sat her daughter Treasure and shared the knowledge of when to only call the authorities over and not when her mother gave her a subtle spanking. Treasure was taught to call the authority, but she was not aware by what extremes.