A Room of One's Own

Question #2

Woolf shows the importance of money through her own personal experience and through talking about resources. Woolf's father didn't want to spend the money to put her through school to get her an education, so she understands the important of wealth when it comes to being a writer or an artist. On page 29, Woolf says that "in the first place, to have a room of her own, let alone a quiet room or a sound-proof room, was out of the question, unless her parents were exceptionally rich or very noble", and Woolf is showing the importance of money here by stating that without money, women wouldn't have the resources (like a quiet room of their own) to work in. Woolf, in my opinion, is saying that poverty has deprived women of being able to be writers, and if they are given wealth then they will be able to write. One's own room is where they think and where they can explore their own mind, where they can create what they are trying to create. Without money, women won't have this privilege.