https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2 Thesis statements that are not content driven en-us 2016-11-17 13:21:20 UTC 2016-11-17 14:01:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381039 Saadawi uses Firdaus' failure to become a 'respectable woman' to show that many women are trapped in a system that is impossible to escape. ]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381039 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381051 Saadawwi uses realistic fiction to make the novel relatable to Egyptian women, along with spread awareness of female brutality in Egypt through Firdaus's journey.

Saadawi's realistic description of female brutality, including FGM, ...]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381051 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381052 Saadawi uses Firdaus's journey from child to killer to display the men's interpretation of woman as innocent and unknowing as unjust. ]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381052 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381057 Saadawi uses the description of Firdaus voice flowing from different directions, and the inability to identify where the voice's origin, is to illustrate the women in Egypt who speak of the same suppression as Firdaus.]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381057 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381064  El Saadawi uses Firdaus's experiences with men, and their demands of her during her time working in a "respectable" job. To portray a underlying message that women no matter what occupation they held, were subjected to some form of prostitution. Whether it was prostituting their bodies, choices, or morals for the sake of survival. ]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381064 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381070 El Saadawi's use of a character with no free will nor the ability to make choices for herself until taking up an occupation as a prostitute is a commentary on the oppression of women's rights and the influence of inequality in Egypt. ]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381070 9957177 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381079 Nawal el Saadawi repeatedly uses Firdaus's description of eyes to exemplify the subjugation of women in the patriarchal society of Egypt.]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381079 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381080 Nawal El Saadawi uses Firduas's relationships with men to portray the struggle of womankind to become free of man's abusive control and therefore, overcome gender oppression.]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381080 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381107 The effects of Female Genital Mutilation through the repetition of the same lines throughout the novel stresses the inhumane practices of women in Egypt. ]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381107 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381115 El Saadawi uses symbols such as the tangerines and oranges to show Firdaus' struggle to adjust to her rapidly changing lifestyle by displaying her inability to effectively make decisions on her own.]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381115 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381120 In order to demonstrate the maltreatment toward women in the Islamic world, El Saadawi uses symbolic imagry to describe Firdaus' ability to make choices only after she resorts to prostitution. ]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381120 9956748 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381131 Firdaus's transformation from self depreciation into self respect shows the effects gender inequality/female suppression has on a woman's self worth.]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381131 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381137 Through Firdaus's experiences in the world of prostitution, Saadawi is able to accurately portray the struggle of women in the Muslim world and the vicious cycle of mistreatment and inferiority. ]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381137 9955685 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381139 El Saadawi reveals the hypocrisy of modern Egyptian society through the use of religious commentary in order to prove the existence of double standards against Muslim women.]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381139 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381155   Sadaawi portrays the idea of love to be a painful experience for Muslim women by expressing Firdaus's suffering through the false expectations of love which appears nonexistent in her society.]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381155 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381158
Sadaawi uses repetitive diction and phrases throughout the novel to show the cycle of abuse and misfortune that women like Firdaus endure throughout their lives, and to stress the fact that for many, there is no way out of it.

]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381158 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381165 In Woman of Point Zero, the author's usage of parallel and repetitive syntax, along with alluding imagery and diction, conveys the sexism, injustice, and oppression that women face throughout the Islamic world.]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381165 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381172 Saadawi uses the transition of eyes and the action of observation from something comforting to something very troubling through the novel in order to show how women in Egypt's dreams, security, and faith in humanity are quickly crushed due to the Egyptian culture of women's suppression]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381172 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381184 Saadawi constantly addresses the real life importance of women carrying self-pride and personal identity within oppressed societies in order to live a fulfilled life, which is expressed through the many hardships and limitations set upon Muslim women in the novel. ]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381184 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381185 El Saadawi expresses the inner desire of all women to escape subjugation through Firdaus to provide insight on how women should feel about themselves.]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381185 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381196 The search for women's respect and honor in any given profession causes people to change their character attributes in a bad way. Only women that are blind to the corruption within their own country allow themselves to live in a fantasy. Saadawi put Firdaus throught the pains of reality to prove that a woman can not be happy in any stage of her life.]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381196 9956575 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381235 Nawal El Saadawi stresses the use of repetition through Firdaus's many experiences in prostitution, in order to emphasize the hardships and struggles that women face in search for equality throughout society. ]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381235 9960427 https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381380 Nawal El Saadawi uses the eyes of the other characters Firdaus encounters throughout her life to foreshadow how they will wrong her in the future, as a result of their inner corruption.  ]]> 2016-11-17 13:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/geddesd/thesess2/wish/138381380