Critical essay on Weekend by Fay Weldon

Everything in this piece is dominated by the issues that run throughout. Underlying themes of sexism, gender inequalities, body image and gender stereotyping are presented are presented very strongly, making its presence very felt with the reader.

Another technique used by the writer to improve the last paragraphs effectiveness is that the start of the end paragraph is structured quite slow like the rest of the story whilst the rest of it is structured

How Jenny’s first period is used as a sign conveys the theme of gender equality as it is a sign that could only apply to a girl, suggesting that only a girl could become like Martha and not a boy. It is used to the effect of trying to push through and make prominent the gender stereotyping that is in the story and also how helpless Martha and Jenny really are.

at a much faster pace. Where the rest of the story takes maybe a line to describe something, the end paragraph is more a chain of events in quick succession that is thrown at the reader.

Theme plays an important part of the ending and for the first time, Martha cries in the book, and at a happy occasion for her daughter, even though she was oppressed throughout the story.

Some topics in this essay:
Protagonist Martha’s, Jenny Fay’s, Fay Weldon, Essay Weekend, events happen, wife mother, rest story, chain events, gender stereotyping, jenny’s period, martha’s life, telling story, piece dramatic, reader him/her,