Thursday, November 30, 2017

Parallel passages in Woman at Point Zero

Below is a list of 8 passages, in pairs, from each edition of the book.  These passages mirror each other.    Why did El Saadawi choose these passages to repeat?


114-page 142-page
2 108 4 135
28-29 84-85 37-38 105-106
31 87 40-41 108-09
90 101-102 112 126-127

Monday, November 20, 2017

Woman at Point Zero homework BV6b

Post the list of pages where your motif/symbol occurs as a comment.  Mention your name, the motif/symbol, and the edition of the book you are using and the range of pages that your analysis covers:

114-page edition

or:

142-page edition.

The word "eyes" occurs 192 times.  The word "pleasure" 33 and the word "pain" 28.  The word "money" occurs 33 times, "piastre" 29, "millime" 2