Jessica Gubankova

Journal 1: A Streetcar Named Desire
As I start to read A Streetcar Named Desire, it doesn’t seem to draw me in. It starts randomly in a town in New Orleans, and some guy named Stanley throws meat at his wife Stella. Then as Stella and Stanley leave to go play bowling, a woman by the name of Blanche, who is Stella’s sister, is introduced. Blanches character seems very debonair to me, and she seems very stuck up; I feel this way because of the way that she analyzes where Stella lives.
Something else that throws me off about this book is the cover. The man on the cover I’m guessing is Stanley and he seems handsome, but the way he’s portrayed in the play makes him seem otherwise. Also the name “A Streetcar Named Desire” doesn’t make sense to me really which makes the book seem “off” to me but of course I’m not going to judge a book by its cover.
Now that I’ve passed scene two the book seems to make a bit more sense to me. Scene two is actually one of my favorite scenes so far because Stanley starts to show some true colors by questioning if Blanche really did lose Belle Reve, and why she would even lose it. I like this part of the book because this also makes me question Blanche’s character, and why she really is visiting Stella.

Journal 2: A Streetcar Named Desire
I have just read scene five and all that I have to say is WOW! I didn’t expect to just be drawn into this book the way that I have. So in scene three, what definitely made my jaw drop is when Stanley abuses Stella, his wife. What’s even more shocking to me is that she’s pregnant!! And also Stella goes back to Stanley after what he has done to her.
In scene four Blanche is expressing her opinion about Stanley to Stella. What I like about this scene is that Stella, although she blatantly defends her husband she doesn’t really seem to deny what Blanche is saying about Stanley. Also in this scene you get a little sense of Blanche’s craziness.
Scene five for me was really funny because Blanche is so random! So she’s going out on a date with Mitch and that makes her really nervous, but then she kisses some random guy. I really think she’s crazy and it just drives me mad as to how crazy she is. She still seems very debonair to me though,

Journal 3: A Streetcar Named Desire
I just finished the play and I absolutely loved it!! When I first started it I was very hesitant. Then once I got to the middle of the play I fell in love with it. I was a little confused by the last two scenes but then I completely understood what happens.
Two big things can be assessed in the last two scenes. In scene ten Blanche is drinking a lot after Mitch has told her off, because of her past. Stanley walks in as well and both of them start to drink. When I read this part, I definitely knew that trouble would come, because bad things always happen when someone is too drunk. In the last part of the scene Stanley attacks Blanche and rapes her. I was very surprised because I definitely didn’t expect the play to take such a turn. I think that Stanley rapes Blanche because the whole time that she’s been there she has made him realize what type of a scum he is, so he feels insecure about himself.
In the final scene of the play, I feel like Stella betrayed her sister because she sends her away to a mental institution. I think Blanche feels betrayed because Stella is her sister and should always be there with her, but instead Stanley fed Stella lies which made her believe that Stanley really didn’t do anything to Blanche but she was just making it up. The ending kind of made me mad because I actually had a lot of sympathy for Blanche, and felt that the only thing she needed was a chance.