![]() ![]() Domestic violence was a major conflict that women faced. Her father often beat her mother and sometimes he beat her as well. This is important because it helped in understanding the physical pain that Fidaus experienced. The punishments described can be clearly visualized by the reader. The beatings are imageries of abuse and oppression. She got punished for wrong actions and such punishments usually consisted of harsh beatings and no dinner. One evidence that female were not important can be seen in the statement, “When one of his female children died, my father would eat his supper, my mother would wash his legs, and then he would go to sleep, just as a he did every night”. Firdaus was taught from a young age that she is not important and that she must follow her parent’s orders. The family is a major institution for the oppression that women faced in the novel. ![]()
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