![]() ![]() ![]() For the first time, Firdaus feels what it is like to have power over herself, as she is able to turn some customers down. Sharifa teaches Firdaus how to make herself more expensive, more powerful to the men she serves. Her father and uncle are the two characters from whom she never truly breaks free – they are removed from her life, but not as a result of her decisions.įirdaus starts to take more control of her own life when she meets Sharifa, an affluent prostitute. Once she is finished with school, Firdaus is married off to a much older man, once again a choice of her uncle. While she truly loves learning, attending school is also something that she does because a male authority figure tells her she must. Under her uncle’s rule, Firdaus goes to school, obtaining her secondary school certificate. ![]() He treats her much better than her father did. When he dies, Firdaus goes to live with her uncle. Firdaus recalls being forced to wash his legs at the end of each day, and how he always had dinner, even if there was no food in the house for his children to eat. Her father is the first character that has power over her. Throughout the book, Firdaus fights first to gain, then maintain her autonomy. One of the main themes of Nawal El Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero is power. ![]()
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