... . She becomes a stronger woman because she then becomes influenced by the movie theater and the radio, which gives her a deeper understanding for the world. After 30 years of marriage Modou passes away due to heart failure. She is then presented with more obstacles that challenge her cultural traditions which she has to choose to follow or abandon them. The first case ... she is presented with is remarrying. It Islamic community woman are often treated as property. It is a common practice that the sibling of the deceased husband will take the widow as a way for the woman to not have to f...

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... ."(Stanton page 138) "Hills Like White Elephants" on the other hand, uses the hills to refer to the shape of the female body during pregnancy and the "white elephants" symbolize a property requiring much care, love, and attention. The couple sits pensively, facing a dry, treeless, barren plain that represents the emptiness and void that their choice of an abortion is going to ... the cafe` is a fruitful plain, green and full trees. This side represents the choice to keep the baby and start a family. But, as Jig looks across the green valley a cloud passes overhead taking away the sunshin...

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... vulnerable. Linda also controls Dr. Flint by writing him letters that were posted from the north. Mr. Flint travels back and forth to the north but comes back without his property. The role of women has left a significant image of femininity throughout the years. Women have often not been treated as humans but as tokens or commodities. This can be proven ... position for women by refusing to be owned, refusing to submit, and refusing to be bought out of her captivity. Linda rejects the notion of true womanhood that has been passes on for centuries and takes control of her future and her...

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