In Chemmeen, Chembankunju and Chakki are the parents of Karuthamma and Panchami. As the story is told by Pillai Chembankunju and Chakki have disagreements in their marriage. Their marriage is run by the patriarchal system. An example of this is when " You must sell the fish from your boat to us fisherwomen. . . She had her owned doubts if Chembankunju would agree to any of their schemes" (Pillai 54). Chakki does not agree to the deal of the fisherwoman because she cannot make a decision without consulting her husband. Especially now that Chembankunju has become greedy and selfish. Chakki knows that if she agrees to the deal without informing her husband she can get in trouble. Instead she just hears the fisherwomen beg. Another scenario that
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As the story continues, Draupadi and Dulna are hiding from the police. They don’t go that far when Dulna is capture. Eventually Dulna is killed by capture but, the police leave his body in the middle of nowhere. At the end of the story is when Draupadi is capture and mistreated. Devi expresses “Her breasts are bitten raw, the nipples torn. How many? Four-five-six-seven-then Draupadi had passed out. Thigh and pubic hair matted with dry blood. Two breasts, two wounds” (Devi 401-402) describing how she is left after taking advantage of her body. The quotes above show how patriarchy is part of the story. They show how a male feels superior to a woman. They feel that they have total authority and power that abusing Draupadi is fine. When a man uses their power in such away it only creates an image of a chauvinist man. However, when Draupadi “pushes Senanayak with her two mangled breasts, and for the first time Senanayak is afraid to stand before an unarmed target, terribly afraid” (Devi 402) patriarchy fails. It fails because not even all the power and authority he has makes him feel a real man that is not scare of her. However, patriarchy in this case shows society that not every man can stand to such extent. It takes a real man that is able to act in a reasonable and moderate way when it comes to patriarchy
As the story continues, Draupadi and Dulna are hiding from the police. They don’t go that far when Dulna is capture. Eventually Dulna is killed by capture but, the police leave his body in the middle of nowhere. At the end of the story is when Draupadi is capture and mistreated. Devi expresses “Her breasts are bitten raw, the nipples torn. How many? Four-five-six-seven-then Draupadi had passed out. Thigh and pubic hair matted with dry blood. Two breasts, two wounds” (Devi 401-402) describing how she is left after taking advantage of her body. The quotes above show how patriarchy is part of the story. They show how a male feels superior to a woman. They feel that they have total authority and power that abusing Draupadi is fine. When a man uses their power in such away it only creates an image of a chauvinist man. However, when Draupadi “pushes Senanayak with her two mangled breasts, and for the first time Senanayak is afraid to stand before an unarmed target, terribly afraid” (Devi 402) patriarchy fails. It fails because not even all the power and authority he has makes him feel a real man that is not scare of her. However, patriarchy in this case shows society that not every man can stand to such extent. It takes a real man that is able to act in a reasonable and moderate way when it comes to patriarchy