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Feminism Fighter or Patriarchy Victim—Taking Grass is Singing for Example
YUE Lu-lu
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2021.12.002
Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
The Grass is Singing is a complicated novel including race, gender, and other political issues. As the main character in the novel, Mary is a typical round character who are more realistic and her personalities somewhat inconsistent. A full development and complex traits also make Mary like a real person. From the perspective of feminism, should Mary be viewed as a feminism fighter or a patriarchy victim? The independence and strong-minded in her characteristics showing not only her strength, but also her identity as a colonialist. Mary is merely one of the victims of patriarchal society, for she is coerced by the social prejudice and her personal predicament between Dick and Moses.
The Grass is Singing, feminism, patriarchy victim
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, December 2021, Vol. 11, No. 12, 947-950
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