Breaking Conventions in a Room of One's Own New discoveries and exciting discoveries are made at the expense of contradicting old rules and ideas. For the Earth to be round, it could no longer be flat. Revolutions in literature, science and countries are always full of conflicts and contradictions with traditional conventions. In this sense, Virgina Woolf's essay A Room of One's Own can be defined as a revolution. Woolf breaks almost all the rules of essay writing in her argumentative essay. He addresses the reader in the first person, tells him he is lying, focuses on unnecessary details, and even contradicts himself from time to time. Why does Woolf, a competent writer, decide to write this way? Perhaps, her unorthodox style supports her perception of the difficulties that exist for women becoming serious writers. Her writing style builds a relationship between her essay and the women writers; shows the reader that for women to become a writer without "a room of their own" is just as unconventional as her writing style. With both her words and her unique writing style, Woolf presents her perspective on women's writing. In a serious essay, a point or topic should be made. That is why a writer writing a serious essay finds it necessary to flood the reader with logical reasons and facts. A typical writer wants the reader to examine, if not accept, the writer's point of view; however, Woolf states that "lies will flow from [her] lips" in her essay. (720) Not many writers openly tell their readers that they intend to lie in their essays. The persuasiveness of an essay will not increase if the writer admits to lying. Because writers want to be factual... at the center of the paper... as much as an intellect. Woolf set up the essay in such a way that the topic is presented in the essay but conveyed to the reader through the subtle messages hidden in the stylistic and structural setting of the essay. And perhaps he has another intention in setting up his essay in this way; perhaps she wants to remind women that they can turn their disadvantages into advantages, as she did with the supposedly awful style of her essay. Since women have not had a say in the matter for so long, it is almost certain that they will have a different voice than men. This different voice, which has been oppressed for so long, is bound to bring new ideas, and women, the source of this hidden voice, are the only ones capable of sharing these new visions with the world. Works Cited: Woolf, Virginia. A room of one's own. San Diego: Harcourt, Inc., 1929.