The thesis statement that I thought about for this short story is Sara’s positive thinking changes her family’s thought of the hopelessness of her in getting married. The title “Sara and the Wedding” has a connection to herself where it seems she is also getting married on the same day as her younger sister due to being attracted to Ramli and raped by him.
Although Sara was not in a young age, twenty-nine years old, fat where cellulite clung to her thighs, her waist, her belly and her buttocks, she still had a hope that she may one day get married like her sister. In the story, there is one part written “She knew that the silver of hope was too valuable to be discarded and she willed, almost desperately, herself to believe in it, utterly and implicitly. She assured herself that there was something out there waiting for her-something, maybe even somebody fine, noble and exciting.” (Pg 93)
As Sara was standing alone enjoying the night scene, Ramli appeared and was attracted to her. He was nasty enough, moving from touching Sara’s hands to the degree of raping her. Actually, Sara did not mind but allowed Ramli to rape her to prove that she was attractive despite of being condemned by her family and elder cousin that she had no hope of getting married. Her high self esteem made her achieve her dream to prove to her family her true desirability and power of somehow still could attract men.
accepted.
ReplyDeleteit's sad that a woman's worth is only measured by the number of men she can attract. dont u think so?
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