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The Reflection of Independent Women

Marriage , for centuries , has been understood as the biggest day in a woman 's life wherein the coveted fairy tale love story takes place and a woman 's dreams come true . But in its more complex state , marriages or matrimonial bonds are an opportunity for women to eliminate the dominance patriarchy that has become the primary cause of gender inequality among societies for centuries

Colette Rossant 's memoir Apricots in the Nile and Anita Desai 's The Zigzag Way

, in this sense , serves as the prime example of how marriages serve as a means to balance the gender inequalities brought about by patriarchal norms . This is because the marriages of the matriarchal characters in both stories equalized women 's access to money and power However , like all things that have been greatly attended to by human effort , money and power for Rossant 's mother and Desai 's Donna Vera respectively represents humanity 's corrupt nature as well as their innate compassion

Primarily , the French mother in Rossant 's own recollection of her troubled , yet adventurous youth : Apricots in the Nile and Dona Vera in Anita Desai 's fictional , yet colorful narrative : The Zigzag Way portray two mothers who are of European descent and who belong to the World War II generation other wise known as the Baby Boom Generation . A time when patriarchal norms are both rampant and recognized as a social system . Most especially in the continents from which they...

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