Shabanu is the story of a Muslim girl, 11 years old, during her years of becoming a women along with her older sister Phulan. The family of Shabanu including her mother, father, older sister, grandfather, aunt, and cousins live together in Pakistan. After their toba dries up in the hot Cholistan Desert they move to a village nearby in hope for a deeper well to provide water for the family. Dadi, Shabanu’s father is a highly known camel owner in Pakistan. Shabanu has a great love for her camels as shown in the beginning of the story when she helps birth her camel Mithoo who soon becomes “ part of the family”. Throughout the story Phulan and Shabanu face many struggles including marriage, death, and sacrifice. Shabanu is promised marriage to Murad as well as Phulan who is promised marriage to Hamir. However, Shabanu at the end of the story has to face a harsh reality when things don't work out as planned and she is forced to marriage with a 55 year old man. She will need to suffer the consequences of Dadi if not obeyed as for it is her custom.
I believe Suzanne Fisher Staples wrote this novel for a multitude of reasons. These reasons were to inform the
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The Cholistan Desert is a harsh place with extreme climate and weather where Shabanu and her family lived. Shabanu explains the desert when she says “ There has been no rain in nearly two years, and the heat of the Cholistan Desert is as wicked as if it were summer” (Staples 1-2). This quote simply shows how harsh the climate of the desert is and the crazy weather patterns that were happening. With the climate being this harsh it put many struggles in the family of Shabanu. For example when the families toba dried up because of the hot summer winds they must move to a desert settlement where the wells are deeper. The Cholistan Desert provided many more struggles for the family including it bringing storms, lack of resources, and geographical
1) The major theme of the book is respectability. In the 1950 's Rosa Parks became the symbol for black female resistance in the
... to find your symbol” (p.49). This is very simular to the traditional novels where they have to go on a quest to find certain objects or defeat certain enemies, the only difference is who we are reading it from and the struggles to achieve this even if it takes a long time to prepare for the evil. With the balance of traditional and modern she was able to create a more deceptive antagonist who we all could relate to and communicate with at least one point in our lifetime.
...lives. It gives readers the chance to emphasize with these women and their families. It let readers experience the trials and tribulations these women underwent firsthand. A nonfiction novel would not have had that impact and ability to draw readers that close.
throughout this book is very visible. It has to do with her search for a name,
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The desert is home to Jassim and Salwa Haddad. Leaving their native Jordan for the American deserts of Arizona, heat is their habitat. Unfortunately, the sun serves as the only source of warmth in their cold relationship. Married and childless by choice, Halaby's reader meets the Haddads in the center of their unconscious rut. Jassim's career as a successful hydrologist, which cemented their roots in America, consumes him and he is aware of little else. His life revolves around water – unpredictable, ever changing, H2O. This first love keeps Jassim's wife suppressed in his peripheral vision, where she has remained for far too long.
The author wanted to provide a realistic view of life in this era and also wanted to bring to life what everyday women felt like then. The subject and writing style could be seen as plain but that is to let you (the reader) be able to feel yourself in the time and place and thus be able to feel the emotional context of the events that happen to the charcters.
...I believe it provided the reader with a better understanding of the different reasons the girls were acting in the nature they did.
It revolves around the issues of gender oppression, sexual assault, and importance of social status. Alifa Rifaat manages to express her opinions towards these themes by writing about a typical Egyptian marriage. She puts in focus the strong influence that a patriarchal society has. She also manages to prove how important social status is in society. The uses of literally elements such as theme and irony help express this view. It shows that in a typical Egyptian society women are commonly oppressed by all males in society
She focus mainly on ethnic diversity in the U.S. From my perspective, Jeanne wrote this book, so she can heal emotionally wise. She went through a lot of things when she was young and she also wanted her friends and family to feel where she was coming from. Jeanne and her husband did not want want to write about the live issue that went on during World War II. As she stated in the book “I’m issued out myself”(pg IX). They wanted to express the life inside of one of those camps.
... the book has to offer. She gives Montag a new outlook on life, simply by asking questions, and actually taking interest in his life.
She visited Kentucky, saw the life of slavery, she is affected by strong anti slavery sentiment father school. This feeling into her novels tone. In 1850, with her husband moved to Maine, where the discussion of anti slavery made her very excited, so spare time to write the novel ...
In order to further discuss her main points and views, a summary of her story
She wrote this novel to inform readers that there are differences and similarities between the genders of male and female and how each of their minds work. She says, In other words, when we are not thinking of ourselves as “male” or “female” our judgements are the same. This quote directly shows us that she is trying to tell us what life is like with each gender.