1. Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
... we do not know any trait of him or her, and also we cannot enter the issue of cliches of gender identity. The author refuses to categorise this narrative voice in a specific gender. Through this ambiguity, she forces to establish the position of the reader in the novel and how Western tradition and cliches influence the human mind. As Winterson says "Why do human beings ... need answers? (...)" (Winterson, 12) Although there are comments in the novel that may lead us to think that the narrator is male (for example when the narrator describes in detail the body of Louise), but there ... ...
- Word Count: 1584
- Approx Pages: 6
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School